Don’t miss our top tennis play for this Friday’s action in Stanford with Catherine Bellis and Petra Kvitova fighting for a place at the Bank of the West Classic semi-finals. Bookmakers Review breaks down the fixture below and lists the best available odds from green listed bookmakers.
Bellis vs. Kvitova
Regardless of this Friday’s outcome, Catherine Bellis already secured her career-high ranking next week. Known as one of the most promising young players on the WTA Tour, the 18-year-old American holds a terrific 17 – 10 record in 2017. Adding to this, Bellis won 76.92% of the matches played against top 50 opponents this season. Looking now at Catherine’s campaign on this event, the former junior world no.1 reaches this stage of the competition after a 7 – 6 6 – 2 win over Veronica Cepede.
The two-time Wimbledon champion – Petra Kvitova – continues her successful comeback. Despite her disappointing defeat against Madison Brengle in the second round of Wimbledon, Kvitova already won one WTA title this year in Birmingham. Adding to this, Petra couldn’t have asked for a better debut in Stanford after an easy 6 – 2 6 – 2 victory against Kateryna Bondarenko without facing a single break point.
Looking now at the current odds for this contest, the bookmakers consider Kvitova the main favourite. Pinnacle offers the best price in the market for Petra’s victory at 41/100 while Catherine is available at 12/5 at Bet365. Despite Petra’s higher experience and undeniable quality, Bellis is a phenomenal competitor. Having said that, our suggestion is for you to place a bet on the American’s +1.5 Set Handicap at 89/100 at Pinnacle since we expect a much closer match than the odds suggest.
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