In the 1/16 finals of the WTA-125 clay tournament in Santa Cruz, Ukrainian Valeria Strakhova will play against Noelia Ceballos from Bolivia.
Noelia Ceballos
The 30-year-old Bolivian representative last played at the ITF clay tournament in Sao Paulo. In Brazil, Ceballos failed in singles and already in the 1/16 finals suffered a crushing defeat from Irene Burillo-Escorihuela from Spain – 2:6; 0:6. This game took place on the first of October.
In doubles at the tournament in Sao Paulo, Noelia Sebalsom played more successfully. Noelia, together with Taisa Pedretti from Brazil, reached the semi-finals, where she lost to Zhibek Kulambaeva from Kazakhstan and Nicole Fosse-Huergo from Italy in two sets – 6:7 (1:7); 1:6. This game was on the fourth of October.
Noel Ceballos is currently ranked 568th in the WTA rankings.
Valeria Strahova
The 29-year-old representative of Ukraine, in turn, last played last week at the ITF tournament in the USA. In Tyler, Strakhova also played unsuccessfully in singles. Valeria lost to Alana Smith from the USA on hard court in the 1/16 finals in two sets – 6:7 (1:7); 3:6. This game took place on October 22.
In doubles at the tournament in Tyler, Valeria Strakhova played more successfully. Valeria, together with Jamie Forlin from Australia, reached the semi-finals, where they lost to Americans Mary Lewis and Brandi Walker in three sets – 6:7 (2:7); 6:3; 3:10. This game took place on October 26th.
After her performance in Tyler, Valeria Strakhova was ranked 246th in the WTA rankings.
Forecast
In this match, Valeria Strakhova is quite rightly considered by the bookmakers to be an extremely clear favorite. The Ukrainian has a higher class, and therefore it is quite possible to take a risk here and bet on Strakhovaya to win in two sets.
