H2H, PREDICTION Ashleigh Barty vs Heather Watson | Cincinnati odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Cincinnati. Barty and Watson will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

Prediction and head to head Ashleigh Barty vs. Heather Watson

Ashleigh Barty and Heather Watson will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on Grandstand. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ashleigh Barty who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Ashleigh Barty is the pick to win this match.
Ashleigh Barty -> 1.12
Heather Watson -> 6.00

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Prediction and head to head Ashleigh Barty vs. Heather Watson

There is no head to head record between Ashleigh Barty and Heather Watson since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Ashleigh Barty

Currently world no. 1 Barty will start her run in Cincinnati after she played her last match in Tokyo where she lost 6-4 6-3 to Sorribes Tormo in the 1st round on the 25th of July.

Barty has an overall 35-7 win-loss record in 2021, 14-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the current season was winning the title in in Melbourne where she overcame Garbine Muguruza in the final 7-6(3) 6-4 and in in Miami where she beat Bianca Vanessa Andreescu in the final 6-3 4-0 ret. and in in Stuttgart where she defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the final 3-6 6-0 6-3 and in at the Wimbledon where she beat Karolina Pliskova in the final 6-3 6-7(4) 6-3.

Talking about her overall career, Ashleigh has an overall 287-99 record. She has a positive 149-50 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See her history.

Barty
Cincinnati
Barty's Record

Heather Watson

Ranked no. 67, heather reached the 2nd round after beating Katie Volynets 5-7 6-2 6-2, Rebecca Peterson 6-4 4-6 6-3 and Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-2 3-6 6-1.

In the 1st round, Watson defeated Sasnovich (6-2 3-6 6-1). During the match Watson scored 85 points vs Sasnovich’s 74. The Brit was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Watson blasted 2 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Heather Watson lost the serve 5 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Watson put 47% of her first serves in, winning 72% (26/36) of the points behind her 1st serve and 32% (13/41) on the 2nd serve. Watson broke Sasnovich 8 times after converting 42% of her break points (8/19).

The Brit’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Birmingham.

Heather has a composed 11-15 win-loss record in 2021, 6-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Watson
Cincinnati
Watson's Record
Tennis

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Barty
Watson
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2024 2023 2022
0 - 0
7 - 7
0-0
Hard
3-6
0-0
I Hard
4-1

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

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