The WTA Indian Wells quarter-finals come to an end this Thursday with the players from the bottom half of the draw in action. Bookmakers Review breaks down the fixture below and lists the best available odds from green listed bookmakers.
Wozniacki vs. Mladenovic
At the age of 23, Kristina Mladenovic is finally living up to the expectations with the French winning her first career title on the WTA Tour a few weeks ago in St. Petersburg. Mladenovic is enjoying the high bouncing conditions in Indian Wells with the world no.26 reaching this stage of the competition without dropping a single set.
Known as one of the greatest defenders in the game, the former world no.1 – Caroline Wozniacki – is finally back to her best level. Even though Wozniacki is far from a big server, the Danish won 88.50% of her service games throughout this event. Taking a look now at Caroline’s campaign in Indian Wells, the 2011 BNP Paribas Open champion didn’t experience any major problems in the previous round with a straight sets win over Madison Keys.
Due to Wozniacki’s 3 – 0 lead on the h2h, the Danish is the main favourite for this game. However, this should be a much closer match than the odds suggest due to Mladenovic’s recent improvements. The forecast indicates 35ºC tomorrow in Indian Wells, which makes the conditions much faster and clearly benefits Kristina on this match-up. Having said that, the value is definitely on Mladenovic side with Bet365 offering 9/4 for her victory while Wozniaci is available at 9/25 at Ladbrokes. For those who want to take a lower risk, Mladenovic’s +1.5 Set Handicap at 49/50 at Pinnacle is also a great approach for this contest.
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