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BETTING PREDICTION. Halep, Pliskova, Kenin, Sabalenka the top favorites in Dubai

17 February 2020

The WTA event in Dubai has just started and according to bet365, the hot favorites are Simona Halep, Karolina Pliskova, Sofia Kenin, and Aryna Sabalenka. It’s interesting to notice that while Simona and Karolina are the top seeds, the seed no.3 and 4 (Elina Svitolina and Belinda Bencic) are not considered as the top favorites. Instead, bet365 regards the Australian Open champion Kenin as the favorite no.3 and Sabalenka as the no.4.

Simona Halep’s ranking, odds and performance in 2020

Now ranked no.2, Simona played her last match on the 30^th of January when she surrendered to Garbine Muguruza 7-6⁸ 7-5 in the semifinal of the Australian Open.

Simona Halep’s most significant result of the year was getting to the semi-finals at the Australian Open. She is quoted at 6.00 to win Dubai.

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Karolina Pliskova’s ranking and performance in 2020

Now ranked no.3, Karolina played her last match on the 25^th of January when she lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-6⁴ 7-6³ in the 3^rd round of the Australian Open.

Currently, this season Pliskova has a 6-1 win-loss record. Karolina clinched 1 title in Brisbane. She is quoted at 7.00 to win Dubai.

Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova played each other 11 times. The head to head is 7-4 for Halep.

The last time that they competed against each other, Karolina Pliskova won 6-0 2-6 6-4 in the round robin in Shenzhen (WTA Finals) in November 2019.

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Sofia Kenin’s ranking and performance in 2020

Ranked world no.7 (career-high), Sofia played her last match on the 8^th of February when she lost to Jelena Ostapenko 6-3 2-6 6-2 in the Rubber 3 in Fed Cup.

At the moment, this season Sofia has a 10-3 win-loss record. Kenin clinched 1 title at the Australian Open. She is quoted at 9.00 to win Dubai.

Aryna Sabalenka’s ranking and performance in 2020

Now the world no.13, Sabalenka played her last match on the 8^th of February when she was defeated by Kiki Bertens 6-4 6-4 in the Rubber 3 in Fed Cup.

Aryna Sabalenka’s most significant achievement of the year was reaching the semi-finals in Adelaide. She is quoted at .00 to win Dubai.

Sofia Kenin and Aryna Sabalenka played each other 2 times. The head to head is 2-0 for Sabalenka.

The last time that they played each other, Aryna Sabalenka won 7-6⁴ 4-6 6-0 in the 1^st round in Tianjin (Tianjin Open) in October 2018.