Elina Svitolina is trying to become the 7th player in tennis history to reach the world no.1 spot without winning any Grand Slam tournament. At the age of 23, Svitolina is going through the best moment in her career with a phenomenal 80.95% winning record in 2017. In addition to her impressive numbers in recent months, the 2016 China Open semi-finalist only allowed her opponents to win 10.70% of her service games on this event.
Caroline Garcia continues her impressive run in China. Regardless of this Friday’s outcome, the 2017 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open champion already secured her career-high ranking next week. Adding to this, Garcia is also on the verge of unprecedented apperance in the WTA Finals in Singapore. Looking now at Caroline’s campaign on this event, the French reaches this stage of the competition after an outstanding 6 – 2 6 – 1 win over Alize Cornet.
This will be the 2nd career meeting between these two players with Svitolina losing only three games on their previous encounter at the 2015 Western & Southern Open.
Despite Garcia’s recent improvements, it won’t be easy for the French to overcome such a tough opponent as Svitolina. For that reason, the value is definitely on Elina’s tennis betting odds at 59/100 at 5Dimes while Bet365 offers 81/50 for Caroline’s victory. Besides the value on Svitolina’s moneyline, placing a bet on the Ukrainian’s -3 game handicap at 93/100 at Pinnacle is also an interesting approach for this contest.
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