A place in the women's Wimbledon semi-finals is at stake on Wednesday afternoon, when Marta Kostyuk takes on 2024 runner-up Jasmine Paolini.
Kostyuk will be appearing in the last eight at the All England Club for the first time and in just her third Grand Slam quarter-final, having lost at this stage at the 2024 Australian Open and made the French Open semi-finals this year.
Paolini has reached two major finals in her career, losing at both the French Open and Wimbledon in 2024, and her run to the quarters at SW19 this year has come as a surprise.
Marta Kostyuk v Jasmine Paolini Tips Summary
Best Bet - Marta Kostyuk to win 2-1 @ 5/2
Alternative Bet - Over 21.5 games @ 4/5
Bet Builder - Marta Kostyuk to win, Kostyuk over 3.5 Aces, Kostyuk 3+ double faults & Jasmine Paolini over 0.5 Aces @ 13/2
Marta Kostyuk v Jasmine Paolini Prediction
Best Bet: Marta Kostyuk to win 2-1 @ 5/2
This year's trip to Wimbledon looked like it was going to be a short one for Paolini, who lost the first set of her opening match against Robin Montgomery 6-0 before recovering to win 2-1.
Straight-sets wins over Viktorija Golubic and Maria Sakkari followed before the Italian was forced to dig deep against Alexandra Eala in the fourth round, securing a 2-1 victory.
It has been a welcome return to form for the 30-year-old, who had failed to make it past the last-16 stage in her seven tournaments prior to the grass-court slam.
Paolini has shown dogged resilience, notably in the first round against Montgomery, and she has the quality to take a set from Marta Kostyuk.
The Ukrainian is one of the most in-form players in the women's game and she made it 20 wins in her last 21 matches when beating Ashlyn Krueger in round four.
Kostyuk has won two titles - Open de Rouen and Madrid Open - during this period and also reached the semi-finals of the French Open.
While those three events were all on clay, the 24-year-old has managed to transfer that form onto the grass and she is enjoying her best run at Wimbledon.
Kostyuk has been taken to three sets twice, though, in rounds two and three, and another 2-1 triumph could be in the offing.
Alternative Bet: Over 21.5 games @ 4/5
With this contest expected to go to three sets, the chances of there being at least 22 games look high and that is the second selection.
There were 31 and 25 games in Kostyuk's second and third-round victories, while there were also 20 in the victory over Krueger.
Paolini's contests have also produced plenty of games, with her third-round triumph over Sakkari the only match in which there have been under 22 games.
Marta Kostyuk v Jasmine Paolini Bet Builder Tip
Marta Kostyuk to win
Kostyuk over 3.5 Aces
Kostyuk 3+ double faults
Jasmine Paolini over 0.5 Aces
Pays 13/2
Kostyuk has won 20 of her last 21 matches on the WTA Tour, the sole defeat coming in the French Open semi-finals, and she looks to have enough in the tank to defeat Paolini.
Kostyuk's serve is a big weapon and she is capable of firing at least four aces, something she has achieved in two of her four matches at Wimbledon.
The Ukrainian can accumulate double faults as well, though, and she has made 17 in the tournament at an average of just over four per match. Making at least three doubles again looks plausible.
Paolini does not tend to make many aces but she has recorded at least one in three of her four outings and some solid placement on serve can help her register another.
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Key Match Stats
Marta Kostyuk has dropped two sets en route to the quarter-finals
This is the furthest the Ukrainian has gone at Wimbledon
Jasmine Paolini has also dropped two sets in reaching the last-eight stage
This Italian lost in the 2024 Wimbledon final in three sets to Barbora Krejcikova
Paolini leads the head-to-head 2-1, winning the last two meetings in Cincinnati and Romania
This will be the first clash between the pair since August 2023
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