WTA EASTBOURNE: COLLINS Vs PUTINTSEVA

WTA EASTBOURNE 

COLLINS (2.48) V PUTINTSEVA (1.67) 

Neither has a great record on grass but Collins has played so few matches it is hard to judge and she has the power to cause Putintseva problems here and her aggressive return game will put Putintseva’s already vulnerable serve under even more pressure. Lay Putintseva 

GIORGI (2.84) V HSIEH (1.52) 

Giorgi leads the head to head 1-0, Giorgi enjoys playing on grass as her flat aggressive hard hitting if on form can prove very difficult to handle. Lay Hsieh

WTA EASTBOURNE

WTA EASTBOURNE

BUZARNESCU TO BEAT OSTAPENKO @ EVENS

SABALENKA TO BEAT MERTENS @ 6-4

COLLINS TO BEAT KERBER @ 4-1

WTA EASTBOURNE

WTA EASTBOURNE

VEKIC TO BEAT STRYCOVA @ 6-5

This is one of those matches where I am going solely with my gut feeling, looking at the stats and the respective records then it all favours strycova but I just feel Vekic on grass, back in the UK where she has spent so many years will put her at ease and her serve if working is a real asset on these courts so I am taking a chance on her to upset Strycova

HOLD SERVE BREAK SERVE

VEKIC 70.4% 28.6%

STRYCOVA 72.1% 37.2%

COLLINS TO BEAT NAVARRO @ 6-4

Navarro leads the head to head 1-0 having won earlier this year on hard courts. Navarro is poor on clay her win loss record of 21-23 shows this and cannot be contested. Colins has not played a lot on grass and her game should suit it very well with  her good serve and flat aggressive ground strokes I think she will prove a dark horse this grass court season. 

HOLD SERVE BREAK SERVE

COLLINS 57.6% 30.3%

NAVARRO 66.1% 33.7%

WTA EASTBOURNE

SABALENKA TO BEAT GOERGES @ 13-8

WTA EASTBOURNE: BONDARENKO TO BEAT CORNET @ EVENS

WTA EASTBOURNE

BONDARENKO TO BEAT CORNET @ EVENS 

Cornet leads the head to head 3-2 but on grass Bondarenko won their only meeting in straight sets. Bondarenko has a 30-23 win loss on grass and is helped by her good serve, Cornet looks all at sea on grass as her win loss records of 15-25 shows.

HOLD SERVE BREAK SERVE

BONDARENKO 73.9% 31.8%

CORNET 60.2% 32.7%

KUZNETSOVA TO BEAT SAKKARI @ 21-20

Both players fairly happy on grass but neither have been in good form, Kuznetsova has the greater game and I expect her to come through at a shade of odds against it seems to me the odds are the wrong way around. 

HOLD SERVE BREAK SERVE

KUZNETSOVA 73.3% 34%

SAKKARI 68.5% 26.4%

WTA EASTBOURNE

WTA EASTBOURNE

DUNNE TO BEAT VIKHLYANTSEVA @ 14-5

RUS TO BEAT PLISKOVA @ 3-1