Bookmakers Review breaks down the fixtures below and lists the best available odds from green listed bookmakers.
Kuznetsova vs. Watson
After a very tough first round where both needed to recover from a set down, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Heather Watson will fight for a place on the 3rd round.
Watson is looking for her first career appearance on the third round of the French Open after losing on all her previous four appearances on the 2nd round. Despite a slow start on her debut against Nicole Gibbs, the British ended the game at a very good level, dismissing the American by 5 – 7 6 – 2 6 – 2.
This is a very special tournament for Kuznetsova, with the Russian winning the title in 2009. Svetlana is one of the best clay court players in the word, with her defensive skills and top spin forehand as major weapons on this surface. The Russian showed all her fighting spirit in the first round, overcoming Yaroslava Shvedova by 4 – 6 6 – 1 6 – 4.
This will be the first career meeting between these two players and even though Watson’s good results in 2016, Kuznetsova is the better player on this game conditions and deserves to be priced as favourite at 2/5 on Coral while Watson can be found at 213/100 on Marathonbet.
Garcia vs. Radwanska
The highlight of the day on the women’s competition clearly goes to the contest between the world no.2, Agnieszka Radwanska, and the home favourite, Caroline Garcia.
These two have featured some epic battles in the past, with a third set always required to solve all their three previous meetings. Radwanska won in Madrid 2014 and Dubai 2015 while Garcia emerged victorious two years ago in Wuhan.
Both players reach this stage of the competition after a straight sets victory on the first round and this should be a very interesting match-up, with Garcia’s firepower contrasting with Agnieszka’s terrific counter punching skills.
This match will take place in Suzanne-Lenglen Court where the conditions are considered a little faster than in the Phillippe-Chatrier court, which should help Caroline’s powerful tennis. Radwanska is considered the favourite at 27/50 on SBObet however, the value is clearly on Garcia at 7/4 on William Hill and it wouldn’t be surprising to see the French player emerging victorious from this contest.
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