There is a huge clash in the quarter finals of the Women’s French Open 2017 now with the two pre-tournament favourites, Elina Svitolina and Simona Halep coming together. It is on getting down to the business end of things now at Roland Garros and this is a heavyweight clash. Pre-tournament favourite Simona Halep, who is trading at 11/8 with Bet365 to go out and win her first ever Grand Slam title at Roland Garros this year, will take on the in-form Svitolina.
Simona Halep v Elina Svitolina French Open Tennis Odds
Simona Halep 2/5, Elina Svitolina 2/1
On Monday, Halep raced through her fourth round match against clay court expert Carla Suarez Navarro, dropping just the two games along the way and taking just an hour to reach the quarter-finals. Svitolina, in contrast, had a massive fight on her hands as she had to battle all the way back from 5-2 down in the deciding set against qualifier Petra Martic to book her place in the final eight.
So will that extra exertion be a telling factor in this big quarter final match up? This year’s French Open has been wide open, with Serena Williams not there and world number one Angelique Kerber bombing out in the first round. So this has presented a fantastic opportunity for the likes of these two to make a big Grand Slam breakthrough. With just a spattering of top ten players left in the draw now, it’s more than reasonable to assume that the eventual winner of the women’s draw will come from this quarter final.
Halep is 2/5 odds at Bet365 to go out and beat Svitolina on Wednesday, leaving her opponent at 2/1, which will probably have some decent appeal to punters. There have been just the two previous matches between the two players, one back in 2013 and one this year, recently in Rome. That was won by Svitolina over three sets and was after having fought her way back after dropping the opening set. That was on clay as well, so there is value in the underdog. Over 2.5 sets at Bet365 fetches a price of 11/8 and that can’t be ignored for this one.
Simona Halep has rattled off a brilliant 14-1 record in her current form, claiming one title this year. Svitolina has been the in-form star of the WTA this year, claiming four titles. The winner of this one will likely go on to face the dangerous world number three Karolina Pliskova in the semi finals, so still a tough road. But this is potentially the toughest challenge that each will face on their road to success this year if that is what awaits the winner of this one at Roland Garros.
Look for the match to go the distance in sets and in the end, because Halep had the easier of the fourth round matches under her belt, that may just tip the balance in her favour in the final set showdown in this one.
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