Caroline Wozniacki v Kim Clijsters Australian Open Quarter Finals Tennis Betting Odds & Preview

Stunning Clijsters comeback sets up Wozniacki clash

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Wozniacki Caroline down?- © GEPA pictures

Defending Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters put in one of the heroic performances of her career to move ahead to the quarter finals and set up Kim Clijsters v Caroline Wozniacki betting. The Belgian star, who has suggested that she is going to retire (again) at the end of this season hurt her ankle at the end of the first set against Na Li in the fourth round. With Na Li taking the first set and then leading 6-2 in the second tie break, it looked curtains for Clijsters in what could have been her last match at Melbourne Park. However, the true character of a champion pulled through, somehow saving those four match points to take the second set, and took the deciding set 6-4. You could physically see the pain through which Clijsters was playing and she admitted that she wanted to pull out but she just kept on going knowing that this was perhaps, her last ever Australian Open. The four times Grand Slam champion, and it was through digging down to her reserves to just go for broke on everything that rattled her Chinese opponent. It really was a remarkable come back for Clijsters, a stunning come back. Now, while the euphoria of that has be settled down and assessment of what it means for the rest of her tournament. There’s no word yet, just what damage, if any has been done, to the ankle which she rolled. Maybe a day of rest will enable her to come back, and while there were question marks over her fitness before coming into the Australian Open, this latest turn of events will probably detract punters from jumping on her back. Especially with the draw ahead. If we were talking about a fully fit Kim Clijsters, there would be little hesitation in backing her all the way to the final. She is the classiest player on the women’s tour and makes the game look effortless. But with a quarter final match against world number one Caroline Wozniacki up next, it is going to be full test of her fitness.

Caroline Wozniacki has been steaming through the rounds at Melbourne Park. Yes, she is the world number one and no, she hasn’t won a Grand Slam yet, but she looks in pretty good shape. She looks far more confident and bubbly than she was towards the latter end of last season, so hopefully she is back to her best. Maybe with the injury to Clijsters, this is finally going to be her moment. This action is taking place in the top half of the draw and the winner of Caroline Wozniacki v Kim Clijsters betting will face the winner of Victoria Azarenka and Agnieszka Radwanska in the semi finals. Woznaicki had to survive a little bit of a comeback against former world number one Jelena Jankovic in the fourth round, but still served out for 6-0 7-5 win. The thing is, Jankovic played badly, so it is hard to judge what Wozniacki got out of it. Wozniacki did get broken in the second set, but she did bounce back on the two times that it happened to hold her nerve and get the breaks back. So, all in all, she really hasn’t been tested too hard, but she looks pretty fit and strong. There is still a weakness in her game, that there is no killer shot, but her defence is there all the way, and she is generally tough to break down. The big factor in this could be the Clijsters ankle. Wozniacki is a very smart tennis player, plays the percentages very well and is always in the right place at the right time. If she moves Clijsters around the court, testing her opponents ankle, then she will gain a huge advantage in the match. It will probably be a great tactical match up, will Caroline Wozniacki v Kim Clijsters betting be. A winner is tough to call, a fit Clijsters would edge it most likely, but the bookies know how tight this will be and are protecting themselves.

Caroline Wozniacki 10/11 at SkyBet v Kim Clijsters Evens at Ladbrokes

There hasn’t been too much history between these two, with only two professional matches played head to head. Both of them were won by Kim Clijsters, once at the final of the US Open in 2009 and then in the final of the Tour Championships in 2010. Fascinating match up, the best tip here will be to look at live in play betting for the match, and assess how the Clijsters ankle injury is holding up.

Kim Clijsters is 8/1 at SportingBet to win the Australian Open
Caroline Wozniacki is 10/1 at Bet365 to win the Australian Open

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