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Iga Swiatek fired her coach Piotr Sierzputowski; WTA's coach of the year 2020 . The new coach is Wiktorowicz, who used to work with A. Radwanska.

Darko08, Such is the beauty of any tennis forum. I have witnessed the fall of many ... I do not publish my picks anywhere because I am ashamed and afraid of observers

Do you also have problems with wtatv.com?

I think the odds over 2 on Kontaveit is a value. Swiatek is in a crisis, she plays mechanically, nervously, predictably, she often cries during matches because she is helpless. It is very strange because with her rich arsenal and athleticism she should constantly win. Unfortunately her taktical skills are very poor. H/H is 2:1 for Kontaveit. I believe that her staff is too little experienced and can no longer help her.

And they are playing somewhere in the yard near you?

It happens quite often that Swiatek loses sets to 0 or 1 , maybe that's why she travels with a psychologist? To lose to Jabeur or Kasatkina was possible, but not in such a clear way. And btw at Eastbourne and Wimbledon, her coach was absent.

Swiatek and Jabeur have trained together many times, so they know their opponent's game well. I wonder what tactical plan will come up by Iga's coach and how he will pass it on; he is currently in Poland.

@four-leaf I will add, that with her weight and style of play, she can easily get injured. And then it will be a heroic failure of an ambitious retiring hero

@four-leaf Serena is too old and heavy which affects her speed and timing. This is not a braking news I believe that tipping anything related to her progress is risky. She's not a very scary opponent anymore. The recipe for winning against her is simple and there are tennis players who can make her run and run.

@CzechPunter How could you forget your countrywoman Muchova? For me, she will go further in FO than Mertens or even Gauff.

I would like to add that an extra day of rest increases Swiatek chances of winning.

Svitolina 2.1 should win this match. Swiatek played the longest match in her career yesterday, still serves poorly and problems with concentration and timing.

Garcia's father is no longer her coach, which could be seen in her recent bad results. I haven't heard who the new coach is. Kenin's father is out too. Bencic played in Madrid also without her father and fiancé being present.

Swiatek showed in the last matches against Alexandrova, Konjuh and Muguruza that her level is far from FO's level. She lacks tactical skills when playing against equally aggressive players. In her last game against poorly serving Siegmund she had 10 unused match balls in the last game. I'm a fan of Swiatek but I don't think she's actually playing well.

After seeing Alexandrova destroying totally helpless Bencic in a cruel way with a huge amount of aces (13 in the first set) and winners from both side, I find the odds of 3.6 on Halep too high. Bet on russian with handicap or high number of games or even one set would be a logical imo. Any opinion?