Regardless of this Sunday’s outcome, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova already secured her return to the top 20. At the age of 26, Pavlyuchenkova is going through one of the best moments in her career with an outstanding 68.97% winning record against top 50 opponents in 2017. Adding to this, Anastasia reaches this stage of the competition after an impressive 6 – 0 6 – 7 6 – 4 win over Angelique Kerber in the semi-finals.
The former world no.1 – Caroline Wozniacki – continues her quest for a third Pan Pacific Open title. Moreover, the Dane is just one win away from becoming the 7th player in tennis history to win back-to-back titles on this event. Taking a look now at Caroline’s campaign on this event, the Dane only lost two games in the previous round against Garbine Muguruza. Known as one of the greatest defenders in the game, Wozniacki won 65.91% of the points on Muguruza’s serve.
These two players will face each other for the seventh time in their careers with Wozniacki leading on the h2h by 5 – 1.
Despite Pavlyuchenkova’s brilliant run in Tokyo, it won’t be easy for the Russian to overcome such a great defender as Caroline. On the other hand, Wozniacki can’t afford to lose another final after losing all her previous six in 2017. With this in mind, Caroline deserves to be the main favourite to win this match at 51/100 at 5Dimes while William Hill offers 19/10 for Anastasia’s victory. For those who want to take a higher risk, Wozniacki’s -3.5 game handicap at 97/100 at Pinnacle is also an interesting betting approach for this encounter.
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