Iga Swiatek vs Marta Kostyuk Prediction: No doubts about Iga Swiatek’s victory

Iga Swiatek enters the round of 16 stage and she is set to lock horns with Marta Kostyuk. Past records show Iga Swiatek had faced Marta twice and she won on both occasions. The most recent meeting between the two players was at the WTA Indian Wells in March this year, and Iga won that match in straight sets.

Iga Swiatek is back on the court for the next round of the WTA Cincinnati. She came into the tournament in the round of 32, and she defeated Varvara Gracheva to book her place in the next round. Iga Swiatek will take on Marta Kostyuk in this round and she aims for yet another win.

Iga Swiatek defeated Varvara Gracheva in 3 sets in the last round, and the score was 6-0,6-7,6-2. Her stats at the end of the match was:

SERVE: - first serve 61%, first serve points 74%, second serve 93%, second serve points 60%, break points saved 33%

RETURN: - first serve return points 48%, second serve return points 57%, break points converted 7.

Marta Kostyuk will have to prove her credentials against the number 1 best tennis player in the round of 16 stage. She had been in exciting form since the start of the tournament, winning in both previous rounds to qualify for the round of 16. Now she will face Iga Swiatek and she hopes to cause an upset and advance into the quarter finals.

Marta Kostyuk defeated Lulu Sun in the round of 32 in straight sets by a 3-6,5-7 score. In the end, Marta Kostyuk had the following stats:

SERVE: - first serve 65%, first serve points 71%, second serve 58%, second serve points 42%, break points saved 77%

RETURN: - first serve return points 37%, second serve return points 58%, break points converted 2.

Iga Swiatek is the overwhelming favorite, and for good reason: better form, overall consistency, and past performance against Kostyuk. Swiatek generally dominates on hard courts, and Kostyuk is pretty inconsistent against top players. That makes a straight-set victory for Swiatek most likely here. The total games should also be rather low, with Swiatek frequently winning fast once she is in complete control, which she should be here.

• Under 19.5 Games at 1.6 Odds
• First Set Under 8.5 Games at 1.90 Odds
• Under 18.5 Games at 1.72 Odds