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WTA Strasbourg the last tournament before Rolland Garros and a last chance for some to get a bit of form back.
This match sees a duel between local favorite Alize Cornet and Elena Vesnina. Vesnina is a hard hitter, her first serve and volley are some of the best on the women's tennis. She is one of the best doubles player in the world. In he singles tour she is currently ranked 95 in the world and her season so far has not been good. After Australia her best results are second round matches and on the clay court season she won 4 matches out of 8 played. This surface does not favor Vesnina, her fast shots lose a lot of their edge.
On the other hand, Alize Cornet is currently 29 in the world. She also has not had the best season, going out of tournaments before the quarters usually. Her game is that of defense and counterattack, she runs a lot around the court and is able to keep the ball in play. Her main problem is that she is inconsistent. For example in Madrid she beat world number two Simona Halep in straight sets only to lose to Roberta Vinci in the next round also in 2 sets. Her level changed so much in just one day.
The surface in Strasbourg favor Cornet in my opinion. Also, Vesnina's style of play fits Cornet like a glove. Vesnina will try to get to the net, to finish points quickly and when she can't she will probably rely on slices. Cornet will probably play o waiting game, hoping for more mistakes from the other side of the court. The head to head is 4-1 to Cornet and I should mention that in every game the winner covered a handicap bigger than 3.5 games. Both players depend very much on form in the moment so if Cornet gets a good day a 3.5 game handicap should not be a problem. My prediction 6-3 6-4 Cornet.
Pick: Alize Cornet -3.5 games
Odds: 1.93
Bookmaker: ➾ Sbobet
Stake: 5 units
Tipster: Ares
| TIPSTER: Ares | Total profit: +12.81 | Tips won: 21 |
| Country: Romania | Total yield: +4.78% | Tips lost: 22 |
| Speciality: Snooker | Total picks: 44 | Tips pushed: 1 |
| 12.08 | • ASA Targu Mures - ACS Poli Timisoara | 1.87 | 8 | ❌ | -8 |
| 12.08 | • Dominika Cibulkova - Alize Cornet | 1.57 | 9 | ❌ | -9 |
| 09.08 | • Fergal O'Brien - Luca Brecel | 2.2 | 4 | ❌ | -4 |
| 09.08 | • Steaua Bucuresti - Dinamo Bucuresti | 4.45 | 2 | ❌ | -2 |
| 08.08 | • CSU Craiova - Concordia Chaijna | 2.32 | 4 | ✅ | +5.28 |
| 07.08 | • Luca Brecel - Nigel Bond | 1.8 | 5 | ✅ | +4 |
| 06.08 | • Astra Giurgiu - West Ham United | 1.73 | 10 | ✅ | +7.3 |
| 09.07 | • Garbine Muguruza - Agnieszka Radwanska | 2 | 7 | ❌ | -7 |
| 07.07 | • Bryan B./Bryan M. - Bopanna R./Mergea | 4 | 5 | ✅ | +15 |
| 01.07 | • Fernando Verdasco - Dominic Thiem | 2.73 | 6 | ❌ | -6 |
