Stuttgart hosts the biggest tournament of the week on the WTA Tour with the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix quarter-finals taking place this Friday. Bookmakers Review breaks down the fixture below and lists the best available odds from green listed bookmaker.
Kontaveit vs. Sharapova
The three-time champion – Maria Sharapova – continues her successful return to competition. Besides defeating Roberta Vinci on her debut, Sharapova booked a place in the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix quarter-finals after a straight sets victory over Ekaterina Makarova. Known as one of the best servers in the game, Maria won 95.00% of her service games throughout the tournament. Adding to this, Sharapova presents an impressive average of 1.00 ace per game in Stuttgart.
Regardless of this Friday’s result, Anett Kontaveit already secured her career high ranking next week. With an impressive 83.87% winning record in 2017, Kontaveit is going through the best moment in her career. Looking now at Anett’s campaign in Stuttgart, the Estonian player reaches this stage of the competition after a remarkable comeback against the 2016 French Open champion – Garbine Muguruza.
Despite Sharapova’s long absence, the Russian didn’t experience any problems on the previous two rounds. In addition, Maria holds a remarkable 15 – 1 career record in Stuttgart. With Sharapova playing at such a good level, it’s impossible to go against the former world no.1. Having said that, Maria is the undeniable favourite to secure a place in the semi-finals at 17/50 with Pinnacle while Bet365 offers 11/4 for Kontaveit’s victory. Due to the low price on Sharapova’s moneyline, our suggestion is for you to take the Russian’s -4.0 game handicap at 77/100 at Pinnacle.
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