Maria Sakkari will face Dayana Yastremska at the 2024 WTA Miami tennis tournament in a match on Saturday. Their upcoming contest will be a round-of-32 match in the 2024 Miami Open draw, a match where Sakkari is priced as a strong favorite at -350 (bet365). The Greek player was in the Indian Wells final last weekend, a result that has surely earned her some betting confidence. However, Yastremska has had some successful tournaments this season as well. My Sakkari vs Yastremska prediction is that the former player will cover a game handicap in the match.
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Maria Sakkari vs Dayana Yastremska Head-to-Head Series
The Sakkari vs Yastremska h2h is 0-0. These two players have not faced one another before. Sakkari is much higher ranked entering the match. She is the World No. 9 at the age of 28. Meanwhile, Yastremska, who will be 25 years old in a couple of months, is ranked 33rd in the world.
The Draw: Right-click/Open the link in a new tab for the draw for the 2024 Miami Open
Maria Sakkari’s Recent Matches and Results
Sakkari had a bye through the first round at the Miami Open. She defeated Yue Yuan in the second round, posting a 6-2, 6-2 victory. That is an impressive line score to post against Yuan, a player who had been on fire for most of the month. Earlier this month, Sakkari was in the Indian Wells draw. She made that final on March 17th, where she lost to Iga Swiatek.
Dayana Yastremska’s Recent Matches and Results
Yastremska beat Daria Saville in the second round of this week’s Miami Open. Previously, she was in Indian Wells but retired early in the tournament. The draw sheet notes “abdominal pain” as the reason for the retirement. Yastremska won eight matches at Melbourne Park earlier this season to make the semifinals as a qualifier. But she has been pretty quiet since enjoying that success.
Sakkari vs Yastremska Prediction: Sakkari -4.5
You could be a bit worried about Sakkari being fatigued at this point. She played six matches in the Indian Wells draw. However, that tournament has a different schedule than a lot of other WTA events with days off between some of the matches. With Sakkari enjoying a first-round bye in Miami, bettors should not be worried about the Greek player being tired. That she won her second-round match in just 16 games is all the more reason to believe that the Greek player will still be fresh right now.
I think bettors should go with Sakkari to cover a -4.5 handicap at -120 (bet365). Yastremska’s Australian Open is looking more like a one-off result than something we should be expecting on a semi-regular basis.
Yastremska vs Sakkari prediction: Draw at the 2024 Miami Open
The winner of this match will face either Jelena Ostapenko or Anna Kalinskaya. Looking ahead, both Madison Keys and Elena Rybakina are alive in this section of the draw still.
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