We’ve reached the decisive day on the Red Group with the last matches of the round robin stage taking place this Thursday. Bookmakers Review breaks down the fixtures below and lists the best available odds from green listed bookmakers.
Halep vs. Cibulkova
After two consecutive defeats, Dominika Cibulkova’s chances of reaching the following stage are extremely low. There is only one possible outcome for the Slovak to secure a place in the semi-finals, she needs to win this match in straight sets and wait for Angelique Kerber to win her match in two sets against Madison Keys. Despite her lack of victories in Singapore so far, Cibulkova played at an extremely high level on her debut against Kerber.
The 2014 WTA Finals runner-up – Simona Halep – is looking for her second career apperance on this event’s semi-finals. Although her defeat in the previous match against Kerber, Halep is still one of the main favourites to reach the following stage. Looking now to Simona’s numbers so far in Singapore, the Romanian is creating a lot of break point chances – 0.89 per game – however, she only converted 31.30% of those opportunities.
Both are famous for their incredible baseline game and we should witness a high quality contest. Despite Halep’s poor numbers on pressure points so far, she’s still the undeniable favourite for this encounter. Therefore, Simona is definitely the right play on this match at 57/100 at Coral while 5Dimes offers 167/100 for Cibulkova’s victory.
Kerber vs. Keys
After an erratic performance against Simona Halep, Madison Keys featured one of her best victories ever, dismissing Dominika Cibulkova by 6 – 1 6 – 4. Looking now to Madison’s numbers, the American ended the match with 26 winners and without facing a single break point. Keys said that she felt much better on court after the first match and that was the key to her success.
Angelique Kerber is very close from securing her first career appearance on the WTA Finals semi-finals. After winning two Grand Slam titles and becoming the new world no.1, winning the title in Singapore would be the perfect end to an amazing year. Kerber pointed out her aggressiveness on the important points as the key to her triumph over Simona Halep on the previous match.
Even though Angelique only needs one set to qualify for the next stage, the German’s goal is to finish this group on the first place. Due to Kerber’s edge over the American with a 5 – 1 lead on the h2h, the value is clearly on the German’s odds at 11/20 at Pinnacle while Keys can be found at 8/5 at William Hill.
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