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Honeybadger44
Victoria Azarenka-Mirjana Lucic Baroni (-6 and u/o19)
What I hate about Lucic is that there is absolutley no fightback from her, when things doesn't go, the way she imagined. Vika might be bit rusty, but I still have enough faith in her, to beat this spread. Initial lean: Azarenka -6Firs
First set close, second set easy. sth like 7-6 6-1 // 6-4 6-2. Spread seems perfectly set to me
Lauren Davis-Alysa Kleybanova (-4 and u/o20.5)
Hm. Davis did quite well in past two weeks, but I find her bit overrated here. Kleybanova is in big troubles, if you can force her to run a lot, but when she is able to done most of the job with her hitting, she can be very dangerous. Initial lean: Kleybanova +4 possible upset.
don't know here. Davis had some good fights last week. Impressed me although I am not convinced of her skills
Vania King-Yvone Meusburger (-1 and u/o21.5)
King retired against Vandeweghe in Hertogenbosch, so her status is questonable. But, if she is ready to go, I favor her over Meusburger, which doesn't have the game for grass courts. initial lean: King -1
100% agree. King if fit
Johanna Larsson-Bojana Jovanovski (+2.5 and u/o21)
Larsson has better serve and the movement, while Jovanovski has the groundstrokes, which are more flat and suits the grass courts better. Pretty evened up matchup. Maybe small value with the underdog. Initial lean: Larsson +2.5
coin flip here. so I would take better odds and got with Larsson if I had to
Kurumi Nara-Anna Lenna Friedsam (-2.5 and u/o21.5)
I saw part of the match between Friedsam and Kerber in Nunberg. If I can recall it correctly, we are talking about the player, who is putting a lot of faith in her ball striking abilities. But, her ranking is telling to me that she is missing more often, then playing those shots well. Nara doesn't have the big weapons for the grass, but she is a smart player and overall better then Friedsam. Initial lean: Nara -2.5
Despite being German never saw Friedsam play. No opinion here
Lucie Safarova-Julia Goerges (-3.5 and u/o21.5)
Both girls are big hitters. Still, I think that Lucie gets this one. She is more consistant server. Being a lefty, she can attack Goerges' backhand without problems. And also, despite her big hitting, Julia does not preffer grass courts, because of the low bounce of the ball.
Safarova easy, really no doubt here
M-T Torro Flor-Venus Williams (+5.5 and u/o19.5)
Venus obviously have much more experiance on grass courts then young spanish player. But, as much as I would like to back Williams in this spot, I just cannot do it, with such huge line. Torro Flor can do some mean hitting of her own. Initial lean: over 19.5
line well set