Nothing for Angie again?

Because of her overall victory in 2018, Angelique Kerber not only has lifelong access to the venerable All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, but has now even received a wildcard from the tournament management for the women’s singles at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. Here, the Kiel native is looking to record her first victory at a Grand Slam tournament in two years. However, Yulia Putinseva’s bet on the German’s first-round win against Angelique Kerber is under the worst possible circumstances

The three-time Grand Slam winner not only failed to reach the first round at the Australian Open 2024 and the French Open 2024. In her last three tournament appearances, Angie has also always finished in round one. Against an in-form opponent, who will go into Wimbledon with a tournament win at the Rothesay Classic on grass behind her, there shouldn’t be too much to gain. Our prediction for Yulia Putinseva against Angelique Kerber is therefore very clear: the Kazakh will win outright

With the Kiel player’s next first round exit probably difficult to avoid, the only question for us is how many matches Angelique Kerber will win. In view of the fact that she hasn’t had much success since her comeback and has even had to accept defeats against outsiders like Emma Raducano (WTA 303) this year, it would be difficult for her to win more than nine matches.

In this context, it is very interesting to bet that Yulia Putinseva will beat the Kiel player in under 22.5 matches. The betting provider Intertops is offering odds of 2.31 on Yulia Putinseva against Angelique Kerber for this

Yulia Putintseva – Statistics & current form

Current position in the world rankings: 35
Position in the seeding list: unseeded

Born in Moscow, 29-year-old Yulia Putinseva is actually a Russian citizen, but has been competing for Kazakhstan since 2012, although she has lived in Florida for some time.

The player, who enjoys playing chess, cards and Sudoku as well as tennis, has been part of the WTA Tour since 2010. She has never made it past the quarter-finals at Grand Slam level. However, the 29-year-old has already won three singles titles so far

The tournament win in Birmingham behind her

Yulia Putinseva won her third title just the Sunday before last, when she recorded five wins in a row at her Wimbledon preparation tournament in Birmingham of all places. In the end, she won the Rothesay Classic with an overall prize of 267,082 US dollars, which the Kazakh would now love to build on.

In view of the fact that the 29-year-old only dropped a single set on her way to the title, Yulia Putinseva’s bet on her opening win against Angelique Kerber is now also under a good star, although the tournament tree has not been overly kind to the unseeded player overall. Top favorite Iga Swiatek could be waiting in round three

Yulia Putinseva has adapted her style of play to the grass

It should not go unmentioned that Yulia Putinseva is not really a classic grass court player. She usually plays a wait-and-see game, patiently absorbs her opponents’ attacks and then strikes with precise returns, which hardly comes into its own on the very fast grass, where longer rallies are the exception.

However, the 29-year-old surprised everyone in Birmingham with a much more mature service game and an almost unfamiliar attacking spirit. If she can build on this against the out-of-form German, she could win her sixth ever singles title in her tenth appearance in the women’s singles at the Wimbledon Championships

Angelique Kerber – statistics & current form

Current position in the world rankings: 221
Position in the seeding list: Wildcard

The now 36-year-old German Angelique Kerber has reached a number of milestones in her career. She has won three Grand Slam titles at three different tournaments and also lifted the trophy here in London in 2018, which guarantees her lifelong access to the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.

After her baby break, the young mother and former world number one will not miss the opportunity to play in the time-honored women’s singles at the Wimbledon Championships, for which she received a wildcard for the main draw. In addition to her tournament victory, she also reached another final here in 2016 and the semi-finals in 2012 and 2021

Until now, Angelique Kerber has remained very pale in her comeback

However, Angie goes into the 137th edition of “The Championships” in very poor form. Since her return to the WTA Tour, she has only won seven of her 20 singles matches. Most recently, she has finished in the first round at three tournaments in a row.

This means that the 36-year-old has lost both matches since her comeback on grass, where she was defeated by Linda Noskova (WTA 28) and Diana Shnaider (WTA 47) in her opening match at the ecotrans Ladies Open in Berlin and the Bad Homburg Open powered by Solarwatt respectively

Angelique Kerber knows what matters at Wimbledon

Although the German has a 2:1 lead in the direct comparison with the Kazakh, the odds in the duel between Yulia Putinseva and Angelique Kerber are now against another victory for the former world number one, who, as the current number 221 in the rankings, will naturally have to make do with the underdog role.

Angie has not won a singles match at one of the four Grand Slam tournaments for exactly two years. And yet it would be a mistake to write her off too early. On the one hand, the player from Kiel knows how to serve with pressure and manage her strength with short rallies at Wimbledon. And on the other hand, the 36-year-old has won 38 of the 51 singles matches she has played at the Wimbledon Championships, which corresponds to an impressive win rate of 75 percent.

Yulia Putintseva – Angelique Kerber head-to-head / H2H record

Head to head: 1:2

There have been three meetings between the two players so far. After Angelique Kerber won the first two duels against the Kazakh 2-0, Yulia Putinseva managed a 2-1 victory over the German in the last duel so far in the Billie Jean King Cup 2022

Yulia Putintseva – Angelique Kerber betting tip

Although the German leads the direct comparison with 2:1 victories, our prediction for Yulia Putintseva against Angelique Kerber is very clearly for a smooth opening victory for the in-form Kazakh, who has just won her final preparation tournament on grass in Birmingham. The German, on the other hand, has failed to achieve a turnaround in her short grass court season so far. Two tournament appearances on the green surface both ended with a first-round exit. In conjunction with Roland Garros, Angie has once again failed to make it past the first round at three tournaments in a row

We expect Yulia Putinseva to carry her momentum from the Rothesay Classic in Birmingham into the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. We recommend betting that the Kazakh will defeat the former German world number one in under 22.5 games