Bookmakers Review breaks down the fixtures below and lists the best available odds from green listed bookmakers.
Venus vs. Bacsinszky
Venus Williams and Timea Bacsinszky should feature a very interesting contest with Venus powerful game contrasting with Bacsinszky’s defensive skills.
Venus reaches the second week of this event for the first time in six years after a tremendous battle against Alize Cornet. Williams showed all her experience on that game, losing the 2nd set by 1 – 6 when she knew that she couldn’t get it and focusing on the third, where she crushed Cornet by 6 – 0. Venus ended the match with 27 winners / 30 unforced errors, which are very good numbers against such a solid player as Cornet, especially on clay.
Venus will face now another terrific defender, the 2015 French Open semi-finalist, Bacsinszky. Timea reaches this stage of the competition without dropping a single set and the slower game conditions this Monday should benefit the Suisse’s defensive skills.
It will be very hard for Venus to hit winners this Monday, not only because she’s facing a tremendous defender but also due to the rain, which will make the game conditions slower. For those reasons, Timea should be too solid for the American and she’s fairly priced as favourite at 11/25 on William Hill while Venus is offered at 7/4 on Bet365.
Bertens vs. Keys
Looking to the matches scheduled for this Monday on the women’s competition, one of the highlights goes to the match between Kiki Bertens and Madison Keys.
As it was mentioned above, the conditions should be slower this Monday which might not help Keys serve but on the other hand, the American will have plenty of time to control the points with her tremendous forehand. Madison has been playing at a superb level on this clay court season, reaching the final in Rome and not losing a single set so far on this event.
Bertens is looking to improve her record in Paris, the Dutch lost in 2014 on this stage of the competition against Andrea Petkovic, in a match where she even won the first set by 6 – 1. Kiki is a great clay court player yet, she’s not a very strong mental player and that might be decisive on such a big match like this.
Keys higher experience on this kind of matches might be crucial and with the American playing so well, she has to be considered the favourite at 9/20 on BetVictor while Bertens is offered at 181/100 on Sbobet. Madison’s handicap is at -3 games at 3/4 on Pinnacle Sports and this is probably the best bet for this match.
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