Elina Svitolina and Clara Burel meet in the semifinal of the 2023 tennis Internationaux de Strasbourg. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.
Elina Svitolina Betting Preview
Elina Svitolina is coming off a straight set win over Varvara Gracheva that took 19 games to decide. In the victory, Svitolina won 81 percent of her first serve points and 60 percent of her second serve points. Svitolina won 73 percent of her total service points and converted on 4 of her 5 break points. Svitolina got 61 percent of her first serves in play and hit 2 aces. Svitolina is coming off her best showing yet, and she has seen 5 of her last 6 victories end in straight sets. Svitolina looks to make her first final appearance since the 2021 Chicago Open and her 20th final appearance of her career. Svitolina has won 5 of her last 7 matches on clay court.
Clara Burel Betting Preview
Clara Burel is coming off a 3 sets win over Bernarda Pera that took 27 games to decide. In the victory, Burel won 60 percent of her first serve points and 52 percent of her second serve points. Burel won 56 percent of her total service points and converted on 6 of her 11 break points. Burel got 56 percent of her first serves in play and hit 5 aces. Burel has won 5 of her last 7 matches that have gone the distance. Burel has won 3 straight matches in a single tournament for the first time since winning an ITF title in late 2021. Burel looks to make her second career final appearance and the first sine the 2021 Lausanne Ladies Open. Burel has won 5 of her last 7 matches on clay court.
H2H History
Svitolina won the only meeting against Burel, which was 2021 Chicago. The match was two games into a third set before Burel retired.
Randy’s Pick
Burel has shown some feistiness in this tournament and that can’t be ignored. We also can’t say Svitolina is back after a couple of wins. However, Svitolina looked great in her last effort, and it is encouraging when you consider we know what she’s capable of when she’s in good form. This could be a competitive match, but I have to give the edge to the more experienced Svitolina.
Svitolina makes her first final in a couple of years.
