Konta vs. Halep
As we mentioned in our WTA Cincinnati Day 2 analysis, Johanna Konta is one of the best Hard-Court players in the game. In addition to her phenomenal 84.00% winning record on this surface in 2017, the 26-year-old Brit won the biggest title of her career earlier this season in Miami. Taking a look now at Johanna’s campaign on this event, the world no.7 reaches this stage of the competition after an impressive 6 – 3 6 – 4 win over Dominika Cibulkova.
At the age of 25, Simona Halep is trying to become the first Romanian player in the history of the WTA to earn the no.1 ranking. After a slow start to 2017, Halep is going through a great moment in her career with a brilliant 29 – 6 record since the Mutua Madrid Open in May. Adding to this, the 2015 Western & Southern Open runner-up didn’t experience any problems so far on this event with two good victories against Taylor Townsend and Anastasija Sevastova.
This will be the 6th career meeting between these two players with Konta leading on the h2h by 3 – 2.
As the h2h suggests, there isn’t much separating these two players. The bookmakers think the same with Simona as the slight favourite at 91/100 at Coral while Pinnacle offers 51/50 for Konta’s victory. With this in mind, our suggestion is for you to place a bet on the Over 22 at 99/100 at Pinnacle since we can’t see any of these two players winning this match in two easy sets.
Best Play: Over 22 at 99/100 at Pinnacle
Pliskova vs. Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki continues her sensational run in 2017. Despite her disappointing defeat against Elina Svitolina at the Rogers Cup Final, the 27-year-old Dane booked a place in the quarterfinals at the Western & Southern Open for the 4th time in her career. Known as one of the best returners in the game, Wozniacki won 46.94% of the points played on the Ashleigh Barty’s serve in the previous round.
The new world no.1 – Karolina Pliskova – is trying to become the second player in tennis history to win back-to-back titles at the Western & Southern Open after Serena Williams. Due to rain delay, Karolina had to play her 3rd round match against Camila Giorgi earlier today. Even though it’s never easy to play two matches in the same day, the 25-year-old Czech possesses one of the most efficient games on the WTA Tour.
These two players know each other very well with Wozniacki winning five of their previous seven encounters.
Despite Caroline’s lead on the h2h, Pliskova can never be underestimated on these fast court conditions. On the other hand, Karolina ended the match against Giorgi with an impressive 6 – 0 in the decisive set. Therefore, the value is definitely on Pliskova’s tennis betting odds at 11/10 at Pinnacle while BetOnline offers 83/100 for Wozniacki’s victory.
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