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Cessation
I've had a nibble on Zakopalova. I'd say 3 main reasons for the odds. 1) Zhang finished the year well last year. 2) Zhang crushed her compatriot round 1 (willing to just ignore this). 3) Zakopalova is a mess on serve and in the wind in Hobart got broken five times by Meusberger in her 1st round without saving a breakpoint (forecast looks better for tomorrow).
I think EP has this sort of play trademarked as a cheesegrater play. At the odds was willing to spin the WTA wheel just on how shit Zhang's tour level record outside of China is.