The WTA St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy quarter-finals take place this Friday with a spot in the semi-finals at stake. Bookmakers Review breaks down the fixture below and lists the best available odds from green listed bookmakers.
Vesnina vs. Cibulkova
At the age of 30, Elena Vesnina is going through the best moment in her career. Besides her success in doubles, the Russian already secured her career high ranking next week as the word no.16. However, it’s not easy for Vesnina to perform at a consistent level due to the small margin for error on her flat groundstrokes. Elena’s previous match against Alize Cornet is a good example of that with the Russian emerging victorious at the end by 2 – 6 6 – 3 6 – 3.
The fast court conditions clearly suit Dominika Cibulkova’s game style with the Slovak holding an outstanding 66.99% winning record on Indoor Hard Court. After a bye on the first round, Cibulkova didn’t experience any problems on her debut against Donna Vekic, dismissing the Croat by 6 – 2 6 – 2. Looking now to Dominika’s numbers on that match, the highlight clearly goes to her return to serve with the world no.5 winning 57.69% of the points played on Vekic’s serve.
Despite Vesnina’s 4 – 3 lead on the h2h, Cibulkova won all their previous two meetings on Indoor Hard Court – both in straight sets. The Slovak is clearly at a higher level and for that reason, she’s the main favourite to win this match at 1/2 at Coral while Vesnina is available at 211/100 at Pinnacle.
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