Marie Bouzkova vs. Alison Riske: Preview and betting tips

1. the Wimbledon 3rd round match between Maria Bouzkova and Aliona Riske will be played at the All England Club in England on July 2022. Bouzkova is currently ranked 66th in the rankings, with her US opponent 30 places higher. They have not played any matches against each other yet.

Marie is shining at Wimbledon so far. She came here poised, calm and had two really good matches. In the 1st round she beat the number 7 seed and world number 8 Danielle Collins in sets 7::5, 4::6 and 4::6. The next match was absolutely sovereign. She swept another American, Ann Li, off the court 6: 0 and 6: 3.

She will face Alison Riske in the third round. She is currently ranked 36th in the world rankings and will be the favourite in the match. However, her form is certainly not overwhelming. She has a 6-3 record on grass this year, but she has basically only managed to win her first tournament in Nottingham.

Her journey through this event was ended in the final by Beatriz Haddad Maia, who seemed unstoppable on grass just a week ago. But this match turned everything around.

Since then, things have not been going well and there have been 2 more losses. In Birmingham in the 1st round, a loss to the 118th player in the world, Boulter. Next up at Eastbourne and again goodbye after the opening round. This time a loss to Linette from Poland, who is ranked next door to Maria.

In the opening round here at Wimbledon, she beat Switzerland’s In-Albon, who is only 113th in the world and grass is clearly her least favourite surface. On Thursday, Maja Chwalinska faced Riske on the other side of the court. The youngster, ranked 170. The Polish player started well and won the opening set 6:3. However, she didn’t manage the next set in her head at all, she was completely harmless and both the following sets were taken by the American 6: 1 and 6: 0.

Maria is in really solid form here and has already knocked the world number eight out of the tournament. Riske has been losing not only sets, but entire matches in recent days, even against weaker players in worse form. The match should be at least even and I believe that the Czech will win at least one set in her favour.