Johanna Konta v Donna Vekic WTA Nottingham Tennis Final Betting Odds

Konta to land Notts title in straight sets

Johanna Konta
Johanna Konta © GEPA pictures

Britain’s number one Johanna Konta didn’t make quite the big splash at the French Open as she would have hoped to, having fallen in the first round in a shock defeat. But she is closing in on a title in Nottingham. She reached the final of the Nottingham Open for the first time as she bullied her way past Slovakia’s Magdalena Rybarikova in the semi finals on Saturday. This will be the first grass final for Konta and will raise her stock a bit before Wimbledon.

Konta is heavy favourite at Bet365 to win Sunday’s final against Croatian Donna Vekic, who is ranked 70th in the world. Vekic had a much tougher battle in her semi final as she needed a final set tie break to edge her way past Lucie Safarova and get to the final. That was a long, long match for Vekic which could work again her, although Konta played doubles on Saturday as well. This will be Vekic first WTA level final since 2015.

Konta’s semi final win actually takes her up a spot in the world rankings so she will be seventh in the new listings at the expense of Caroline Wozniacki. If Konta does win on Sunday in Nottingham, then she would jump above Dominika Cibulkova as well. It will be her fourth WTA level title as well if she gets there. As long as she gets her service game going, she will be fine. Konta is ranked fourth this season in percentage of service games won (80%) and that’s a strong platform.

This will be just the second meeting between Konta and Vekic, following a 2016 Cincinnati clash which Konta won in straight sets. A Konta -4.5 game handicap for the match at bet365 returns a price of 8/11. Konta is a 4/6 shot to win this Final in straight sets.

Johanna Konta v Donna Vekic Odds

Johanna Konta 1/4, Donna Vekic 3/1

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