VEKIC TO BEAT RYBRIAKOVA @ 1.75
Vekic leads the head to head 2-1, She finished the season strongly in comparison to Rybriakova who did not win a competitive match after New Haven in August resulting in 5 straight first-round losses. I have to take Vekic here as last season she looked like she was coming back into form and if she carries that on then she could still become the player we thought she would become when she burst onto the scene.
HOLD SERVE BREAK SERVE
VEKIC 64.8% 38.3%
RYBRIAKOVA 61.2% 30.3%
MERTENS TO BEAT BERTENS @ 1.91
Mertens leads the head to head 2-0, Bertens had a magnificent season last year and managed to transfer her clay court form onto hard courts which surprised me, I still feel she looks a little vulnerable on hard courts and against Mertens here I think that vulnerability could be exposed as she has won both their head to head meetings on hard courts and while Bertens has improved I just think Mertens will prove too strong here with her recent matches in Hawaii proving the advantage.
HOLD SERVE BREAK SERVE
MERTENS 68.8% 40.8%
BERTENS 68.4% 44.2%
KONTA TO BEAT STEPHENS @ 2.30
Konta had a disappointing year last year but she will be looking to bounce back here and I fancy her strongly to beat Stephens who can be a little erratic outside of the Grand Slams to say the least, Konta’s serve is still one of the best of the circuit and providing that is working well then Stephens could struggle to make inroads here.
HOLD SERVE BREAK SERVE
KONTA 73.6% 34.7%
STEPHENS 68% 45.5%
BUZARNESCU TO BEAT TSURENKO @ 1.73
Buzarnescu leads the head to head 2-0, Buzarnescu had a great season last year and will be looking at continuing playing with the confidence she displayed, Tsurenko as always has fitness doubts and while she is a class player I just fancy Buzarnescu flat hitting to come through here.
HOLD SERVE BREAK SERVE
BUZARNESCU 65.3% 39.8%
TSURENKO 64.1% 47.4%
WTA AUCKLAND
PANOVA TO BEAT ESPINOSA @ 2.38
Espinosa is not at home on hard courts as she is a real clay court specialist, Panova has a good serve and I can see Espinosa struggling to make inroads with her return game and equally Espinosa lacks the power on these courts and Panova could hit through her here.
HOLD SERVE BREAK SERVE
PANOVA 71.3% 28.7%
ESPINOSA 61.3% 29.6%
WTA SHENZEN
HIBINO TO BEAT NICULESCU @ 2.20
Niculescu won their only meeting in a third set tie-break, both won their matches impressively yesterday. Their respective hard court win-loss records are Niculescu 19-14 compared to Hibino 33-22, I have to oppose Niculescu here as she has lost 5 of her last 6 matches she has been favourite in and Hibino will provide a stern test for her tonight.
HOLD SERVE BREAK SERVE
HIBINO 66% 40.8%
NICULESCU 61.7% 51.2%
KALININA TO BEAT JOROVIC @ 2.63
Kalinina won their only meeting back in 2014 in a tight three-set match but I don’t feel that will have much bearing on this contest as it was over 4 years ago,I just believe she is the better player of the two and although it will be close to being getting these odds on a match that I believe is almost a coin toss then it is tremendous value.
HOLD SERVE BREAK SERVE
KALININA 63.8% 47.9%
JOROVIC 66.7% 38.9%
KUDERMETOVA TO BEAT BLINKOVA @ 2.50
Kudermetova leads the head to head 1-0, stats are almost identical so similar to the above match the prices of these two should be far closer than this so I am happy to take Kudermetova here at value odds
HOLD SERVE BREAK SERVE
Kudermetova 62.8% 44.8%
Blinkova 62% 41.4%
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