Australian Open Tennis Betting – Women’s Draw Day Six Preview

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So, plenty of action in the women’s draw on Day Six of the Australian Open, and worth tuning in to. If you want to watch live streams, then head to Bet365, where you can take advantage of their great live tennis streams. There is a £10 subscription for this event, but you get a £10 bet back to use on the tennis betting anyway, so it is technically free (and if you win profit, they’ll be paying you to watch it!). So pair that up with the new and improved Bet365 live in play service and your tennis betting requirements on the Australian Open will all be taken care of there. There is also a generous welcome offer of a £100 free bet when you open an account with Bet365, so there is even more incentive to use the highly recommended online bookmaker.

(All prices below are for the outright winner market)
The women’s draw at the Grand Slam is just as exciting as ever, and is far more open than the men’s side of the tournament. The Australian Open is serving up a treat at the moment, with seeds such as Jelena Jankovic and Justine Henin heading for the exit already. So what does Day Six have in store for us, as the third round of the Women’s Australian Open continues. First of all, and starting off the day at the Rod Laver Arena, is number two seed Vera Zvonareva, who takes on Lucie Safarova (ranked 31st). Must admit, that Zvonareva (12/1 at Paddy Power) has looked very good at times, probably better than she did when she got to the final of Wimbledon and the US Open last year. She was helped on both occasions by very favourable draws, but now she is having to work to keep up her status as the world number two. There is a tougher mental edge to her really, and that was needed as she lost the opening set of her second round match. But, in true quality, she dug deep and wasn’t overwhelmed. It was a scare and if there was any thought of her having an easy ride in Melbourne, that would have woken her up. It’ll be interesting to see how the Russian responds now, as Lucie Safarova isn’t going to be going away lightly. Safarova hasn’t really made any impact at all at Grand Slams in her career, but is looking ok in Melbourne. The two players haven’t met before, so that can sometimes throw stronger players off their game. Should Zvonareva win. Yes, hands down, and really you want to see her do it in straight sets. Safarova will dig in there, pushing Zvonareva most likely. Could be a good one to start the day.

After Andy Murray plays at the Rod Laver Arena, onto the court will step third seed Kim Clijsters. One thing about the Belgian, who is the top tip here, is that not only does she look in incredible shape, but she is really relaxed and enjoying her game. It is as if she really has not got anything to prove, and realistically she hasn’t because she is a Grand Slam champion. But she continues to excel with her all round game, which combines power, with almost perfect shot selection and court movement. She plays Alize Cornet, unseeded, from France and this really should amount to nothing more than a good warm up match for the fourth round for Kim Clijsters (6/4 favourite at Stan James). She is strong, rightly instilled as outright favourite. Even if she runs into Wozniacki (7/1 at Stan James) along the way, you really have a hard time seeing the World Number one taking out Clijsters at the moment. Clijsters is in cruise control. Aussie Samantha Stosur (ranked 5th) continues her steady progress through the tournament. There’s a good feeling about Sam Stosur (12/1 at BetFred) here, and she has got something of a favourable draw. You always see her at the Grand Slams and then move on, never really expecting her to be enough of a threat to win. She has the backing of the home support and that will put an extra step in her game, it has too. She is the big Australian hope and is moving well. Down to earth and hard working, she could well be making a deeper impression than thought come next week. She faces Petra Kvitova on Day Six, and the 25th seed makes for an interesting opponent. The only time they have met on Tour, was when Kvitova destroyed Stosur 6-2 6-1 at the French Open in 2008. Stosur is a much better player than then (she was ranked 149th when that match happened), and should grind her way through this one. Kvitova has good form though, winning in Brisbane ahead of the Australian Open (beating Cibulkova, Pavlyuchenkova and Petkovic along the way). If there’s going to be a major upset in the women’s draw on Day Six, could be here.

Speaking of Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (16th seed), she takes on Iveta Benesova as well on Day Six. Like Pavlyuchenkova, a player who is getting better all the time. Dark horse though, nothing more. Far more interesting is the Flavia Pennetta (22nd) v Shahar Peer (10th) match. Pennetta is really moving well and playing some good confident tennis at the moment, but then you look at Peer and see how much of an improved player she has become. She has won the last two matches against Pennetta (both last year) and can be expected to move through. This should be quite a challenging and close match, but would lean towards the more youthful Peer as she continues to shine and raise her expectations. One more match just wanted to mention, which will get lost amongst the others from above, and that is Simona Halep v Agnieszka Radwanska. This is interesting simply because of Radwanska. She is a good solid player, but just seems to fall short of that threshold of being a great player. Watched her through this tournament and she still looks to be searching for full confidence with her shot selection (if you’re wondering which she is, then she was the player who had the head of her racquet fly off – her look was priceless if you haven’t seen it). Been helped out in the draw a bit with Jankovic going out, and she is an interesting outsider to watch. Tough match against Halep, another promising youngster, who dumped dark hose Alisa Kleybanova out in straight sets in the second round. Should be a good match as well!

Selected Match Odds
Vera Zvonareva: 1/6 at Victor Chandler
Lucie Safarova: 23/5 at Boylesports

Agnieszka Radwanska: 2/5 at Stan James
Simona Halep: 17/8 at Boylesports

Sam Stosur: 4/7 at Coral
Petra Kvitova: 13/8 at Bet365

Kim Clijsters: 1/25 at Stan James
Alize Cornet: 17/1 at Unibet

Flavia Pennetta: 4/5 at Boylesports
Shahar Peer: 5/2 at Stan James

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