Madison Keys - Aryna Sabalenka predictions and free betting tips [08/09/2023]

The 1/2 finals of the U.S. Open hard-court tournament will see a match between Madison Keys of the U.S. and Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus. Our bet is on a victory for Sabalenka with a game handicap of -3.

Madison Keys

28-year-old Keys, currently ranked 17th globally, has demonstrated promising play at the U.S. Open, claiming five victories. As part of the tournament, she handled Rus with a score of 6:2, 6:4, Wickmayer 6:1, 6:2, Samsonova 5:7, 6:2, 6:2, Pegula 6:1, 6:3 and Vondrousova with a score of 6:1, 6:4. However, Madison had previously been hampered by failures, and she suffered losses in three out of four matches. In Cincinnati, she lost to Mertens, and in Montreal, she dealt with Williams but was forced to drop out of the match against Paolini. At the Washington tournament, she reached the quarterfinals, defeating Zhen and Brady, but then lost to Sakkari.

In July, Madison demonstrated good results at Wimbledon, reaching the quarterfinals. She overcame Dart, Golubic, Kostyuk and Andreescu, but lost to Sabalenka. Her participation in the Eastbourne tournament was also successful, where she clined the title without losing a set. Madison defeated Martincova, Su Wei, Martic, Gauff, and Kasatkina.

At the French Open, Madison Keys won against Kanepi, but then lost to Day. In Rome, she reached the 1/8 final, where she beat Ferro and Azarenka, but lost to Kalinina. In Charleston, Madison reached the quarterfinals after defeating Navarro, Baptiste, and Linette, but then lost to Kasatkina. Madison started the season with six straight wins in Australia, and she reached the quarterfinals in Dubai by beating Paolini, Garcia and Azarenka, but then she was defeated by Gauff.

Aryna Sabalenka

25-year-old Aryna, holding the second position in the world ranking, has shown impressive performance at the U.S. Open, grabbing five convincing victories. Within the tournament, she dealt with Zanevska scoring 6:3, 6:2, Birrell 6:3, 6:2, Burel with a score of 6:1, 6:1, Kasatkina 6:1, 6:3, and Zhen scoring 6:1, 6:4. In the previous tournament in Cincinnati, Aryna reached the semi-finals, defeating Li 7:5, 2:6, 6:4, Kasatkina 6:3, 6:3 and Jabeur 7:5, 6:3, but then lost to Muchova 7:6 (7:4), 3:6, 2:6. In Montreal, she defeated Martic but lost to Samsonova.

At Wimbledon, Aryna Sabalenka made it to the semi-finals, winning five matches. She overcame Uvarova 6:3, 6:1, Gracheva 2:6, 7:5, 6:2, Blinkova 6:2, 6:3, Alexandrova 6:4, 6:0, and Keys 6:2, 6:4, but then lost to Jabeur 6:7 (5:7), 6:4, 6:3. In Berlin, she won against Zvonareva 6:3, 6:2, but then lost to Kudermetova 2:6, 6:7 (2:7).

At the French Open, Sabalenka advanced to the semi-finals, claiming five impressive victories. She defeated Kostyuk 6:3, 6:2, Shimanovich 7:5, 6:2, Rahimova 6:2, 6:2, Stephens 7:6 (7:5), 6:4, and Svitolina 6:4, 6:4 but in the semi-final she lost to Muchova 6:7 (5:7), 7:6 (7:5), 5:7.

This season, Sabalenka also claimed a victory at the championship in Madrid, overcoming Kuznetsova, Osorio Serrano, Andreescu, Sherif, Sakkari, and Swiatek. Besides, the tennis player secured the title at the Australian Open, getting past Martincova, Rogers, Mertens, Bencic, Vekic, Linette, and Rybakina. At the start of January, Aryna also took the title in Adelaide, by defeating Samsonova, Vondrousova, Begu and Nuskova.

Head-to-Head

The athletes have faced each other 3 times before, with the scoreboard showing 2:1 in favor of Sabalenka.

Predictions for the Keys - Sabalenka match

At the present moment, Aryna is in excellent form and ready for the clash. She is the favorite in the upcoming match, and I think, will claim the victory without a hitch.