Victoria Azarenka vs Sorana Cirstea
1st July 1300hrs
Tennis – London – Wimbledon
Pick Azarenka 2-0 set betting
Bookmaker Unibet
Odds: 62/25 odds taken 2012 GMT on June 30th
One of the matches on Centre Court at Wimbledon for Thursday features Victoria Azarenka.
The former Grand Slam champion takes on Sorana Cirstea for a place in the third round.
It’s Azarenka who is the strong favourite to win the match, will it be a straight victory through to the next round for her?
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Victoria Azarenka Preview – Straight forward progress for Azarenka?
Victoria Azarenka heads into the second round action at Wimbledon with a favourable draw.
Azarenka sailed through her first round match at the Grand Slam.
It was a straight sets victory that she took, moving past her opponent and only dropping four games in a rapid-fire success.
The last time that Azarenka met Cirstea in a singles match was at Wimbledon, in fact, the last two meetings have been at the Grand Slam.
Azarenka won both of those meetings relatively easily as well in 2008 and 2009.
It was a straight sets success for the Belarusian in both of those matches against Cirstea.
In the match outright for tennis betting, Azarenka is 2/7 odds-on* (odds taken 2012 GMT on June 30th).
So there’s more than a reasonable chance that she will power her way through this second-round match as well.
Azarenka did get some grass-court action ahead of Wimbledon.
She went to the semi finals of Berlin, before pulling out ahead of her quarter-final match at Bad Homburg.
Azarenka, who is a two-time Australian Open champion was moving well enough in her first round match at this year’s Wimbledon.
Only once in the last six appearances at SW19 has Azarenka managed to reach the quarter-final stage.
It hasn’t happened in any of the last three attempts.
But this is still early days in this year’s Grand Slam and this is a winnable match.
The Azarenka 2-0 set betting option is of plenty of interest at 8/11* (odds taken 2012 GMT on June 30th).
Sorana Cirstea Preview – Can Cirstea cause an upset?
Romania’s Sorana Cirstea saw off British opposition in the form of Sam Murray in the opening round.
That was a straight sets victory for Cirstea as well, a good enough warm-up ahead of this tougher challenge.
Cirstea is currently ranked 45th in the world and she has picked up a title on the WTA This year.
That success happened in Istanbul back in April.
But she has also reached the final of Strasbourg, losing there to Barbora Krejcikova, but taking a win over former US Open champion Bianca Andreescu along the way.
At Roland Garros, Cirstea went to the round of sixteen as well.
So there has been some form from the Romanian who is a quote of 11/4 in Wimbledon tennis betting on Thursday* (odds taken 2012 GMT on June 30th).
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Sorana Cirstea though has not managed to bring the form on the switch over to the grass.
She lost in the first round of Berlin and then in the first round of Bad Homburg.
So that raises big questions about her chances against Azarenka on Thursday, one would imagine.
In none of her three previous singles matches against Azarenka, has Cirstea made much headway.
So an Azarenka -4.5 game handicap tennis betting option is reasonable at 10/11* (odds taken 2012 GMT on June 30th).
Victoria Azarenka vs Sorana Cirstea Betting Advice
If Sorana Cirstea had brought a little more of her form from the season over onto the grass, we would perhaps expect her to get close in this one.
But it hasn’t been there, so without proven grass for, we have to swing for a strong success for Azarenka.
The Azarenka -4.5 games handicap is a good place to start at 10/11* (odds taken 2012 GMT on June 30th).
Key Facts – Victoria Azarenka vs Sorana Cirstea Betting Tip
- Victoria Azarenka is 3-0 in the head to head against Cirstea
- Victoria Azarenka has not dropped a set against Cirstea before
- Sorana Cirstea has reached two WTA Tour Finals this year
The other way to go would be just to plump for the straight Azarenka 2-0 in set betting for the tennis betting quote of 8/11* (odds taken 2012 GMT on June 30th).
This should be routine enough for the Belarusian.
The head to head of 3-0 for Azarenka in previous singles meetings just about says it all for us.
The best betting odds for Victoria Azarenka vs Sorana Cirstea
Victoria Azarenka to win: 2/7 at Bet365
Sorana Cirstea to win: 11/4 at Bet365
