Jankovic ML @2.00 Pinnacle - 4 units
Kuznetsova did play some good tennis lately, but I think that is not enough to put her as equal to a very good top 10 player, like Jelena Jankovic, speaking of odds. She is a good shotmaker, but she will be forced to play on a very high level today and show some serious mental toughness, unlike the final match of Oeiras, where she crumbled under pressure against Suarez Navarro. Jankovic is extremly good from the baseline, defending and making good shots and I don't believe Kuznetsova can beat her in her own game. Also, Jelena likes this tournament, as she is a former champion here.
Lepchenko +3 @1.90 Pinnacle - 2 units
As I wrote before, odds on Stephens matches can fluctate quite a lot from week to week. I think that here we have a case, where with couple of wins, she is getting the trust back, from the casual tennis bettors, and imho, value is on Lepchenko's side. Of course, value is important, but I also like to have a good case behind that side, that she can really win or cover the line. Lepchenko can definitely do that. She knows how to play on clay. She is using her left handede playing style well, to make her opponents uncomfortable. She counter punches well fromt he defense and she is not that bad at serving. She can make it interesting here, at least, if not win the match.
Haas -3,5 @1.93 Pinnacle - 2 units
I am aware that Haas has not been that good lately and was pretty inconsistant. Also, loss against Sijsling in Madrid last week is not in favor of this bet. Still, I think that Sijsling really enjoyed that playing conditions in Madrid and he will have a lot of difficulties, keeping up with Haas, here in Rome. Surface is too slow for him, wind is messing up with his serve and I believ that he can't win a lot of points from Tommy in longer rallies on ths surface, while approaching the net is not that great of idea here, because the surface slows down the ball quite a lot and makes it easier for opponent to hit a passing shot.
Kuznetsova did play some good tennis lately, but I think that is not enough to put her as equal to a very good top 10 player, like Jelena Jankovic, speaking of odds. She is a good shotmaker, but she will be forced to play on a very high level today and show some serious mental toughness, unlike the final match of Oeiras, where she crumbled under pressure against Suarez Navarro. Jankovic is extremly good from the baseline, defending and making good shots and I don't believe Kuznetsova can beat her in her own game. Also, Jelena likes this tournament, as she is a former champion here.
Lepchenko +3 @1.90 Pinnacle - 2 units
As I wrote before, odds on Stephens matches can fluctate quite a lot from week to week. I think that here we have a case, where with couple of wins, she is getting the trust back, from the casual tennis bettors, and imho, value is on Lepchenko's side. Of course, value is important, but I also like to have a good case behind that side, that she can really win or cover the line. Lepchenko can definitely do that. She knows how to play on clay. She is using her left handede playing style well, to make her opponents uncomfortable. She counter punches well fromt he defense and she is not that bad at serving. She can make it interesting here, at least, if not win the match.
Haas -3,5 @1.93 Pinnacle - 2 units
I am aware that Haas has not been that good lately and was pretty inconsistant. Also, loss against Sijsling in Madrid last week is not in favor of this bet. Still, I think that Sijsling really enjoyed that playing conditions in Madrid and he will have a lot of difficulties, keeping up with Haas, here in Rome. Surface is too slow for him, wind is messing up with his serve and I believ that he can't win a lot of points from Tommy in longer rallies on ths surface, while approaching the net is not that great of idea here, because the surface slows down the ball quite a lot and makes it easier for opponent to hit a passing shot.