In the women’s draw of the French Open, Britain’s hopes are all resting on the shoulders of world number eight Johanna Konta. She opens her campaign on Tuesday as she takes on world 109 Hsieh Su-Wei from Chinese Taipei. Konta has lost both of her opening matches in previous visits to Roland Garros and will be hoping to make some progress this time around. Much like Andy Murray in the men’s draw, the clay of the French Open is going to suit Konta the least out of the four Grand Slam events.
She is a powerful grass and hard court player but hasn’t hit the heights on the clay at all. She has had a couple wins on the dirt this season, but nothing of any note. That having been said, Konata’s opponent in this first round match up has won just the seven matches this season overall, and none of them on clay, having plied most of her trade around ITF tournaments. She has played five WTA matches this term and lost four of them, the only expectation coming in the first round of the Australian Open where he opponent Karin Knapp, who was a set and a break up in the match, had to retire. It should be routine for Konta. Hard to find a lot of value around, but you can give Konta a -6.5 games Handicap at Bet365 on the match.
Johanna Konta v Su-Wei Hsieh Betting Odds
Konta 1/16, Su-Wei Hsieh 9/1
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