WTA Hertogenbosch UNICEF Open Tennis Betting Odds and Preview

Cibulkova to upstage Clijsters comeback?

Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia)
Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) © GEPA pictures

WTA Hertogenbosch Tennis Betting Info
Well, at least the Netherlands can enjoy watching some good tennis, as their national football side embarrassingly crashed out of Euro 2012. The build up here is of course for the third Grand Slam of the year, Wimbledon, which is right around the corner. The grass court swing of the season is very short, and players have to adjust quickly. So this tournament, known as the UNICEF Open is a great way for players to get their footing in ahead of the action at the All England Club which starts next week. This is not too deep of a field, as most of the big guns are resting up ahead of Wimbledon, but there are some big names to follow

WTA Hertogenbosch Tennis Betting Defending Champion
Italian Roberta Vinci
took the tile here in Holland last year, and she is up there making decent value in the betting. The gutsy, diminutive players has actually had a pretty good season. She is a clay court expert, making some good runs on the surface this season, but she switched over well enough recently to grass where she hit the quarter finals of Birmingham. She is hard to just breeze past, as she runs tirelessly and is a fantastic competitor. Turning out in levels of tournaments like these are her best shots at glory, but then again she really still doesn’t make a particularly strong outright bet, even though there is value in her price of 12/1 with Bet365. An each way on her may be better served.

WTA Hertogenbosch Tennis Betting Favourite
The class act of Kim Clijsters is actually is as favourite with online bookmaker Bet365. The Belgian star did have to come from a set down to win her first match on the weekend, and this is the first time that she has been out in action since the clay court swing of the started. She had to sit out the entire clay part of the season with an injury and looked strong enough in the opening exchanges, until she blew a 4-1 lead to lose the first set against Romina Oprandi. Still, she picked herself up and showed why she is one of the best in the world, but whether her true level of fitness and match sharpness is there, remains to be seen. On paper, when she is fit and on top of her game, she should breeze through tournaments like this. The question is not over her ability, it is over her fitness. Still, at 5/2 with online bookmaker Bet365 not a bad price.

Other Contenders
Dominika Cibulkova has slowly been getting and better through the season. The young Slovakian star has the ability to go far, and she reached three quarter finals in a row in her last three outings. Those were all on clay, granted, but it was her fourth round performance at Roland Garros which saw the very best of her true potential. In the round of 16 at the French Open, Cibulkova downed world number one Victoria Azarenka in brilliant performance. If Cibulkova performed to that quality, the best of potential at the moment, then she would be picking up titles. She has a fantastic all round game, and would put her in as favourite ahead of Kim Clijsters here actually. She has looked sharp and is not too far away from stepping up another level in her career. Because of her form, and with Clijsters having been missing in action lately, the Slovakian at 3/1 looks a great bet.

Italian veteran Flavia Pennetta is also going to be worth looking at. She is class act, more known for the countless titles she has picked up in doubles, but is a threat in her own right. The thing about Pennetta is that you always expect more from her, but then at times she just fails to deliver. She can be a bit hit and miss, but Pennetta has the quality to at least book herself a semi final place at a tournament like this. Worth a decent look behind the two outright favourites.

Best Outside Bet
Well, Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic has to be worth a shot as an outside bet. The former world number one has looked nowhere near her best over the last eighteen months, largely because of injury problems. However, she went to the final of Birmingham last week, and while she got stunned in the final by rank outsider Melanie Oudin, Jankovic will have done her confidence and game a world of good by putting in a solid week’s worth of work. Therefore, out at 14/1, she looks the best outside shot.

Latest WTA Hertogenbosch Tennis Betting Prices at Bet365
Kim Clijsters 5/2, Dominika Cibulkova 3/1, Flavia Pennetta 8/1, Nadia Petrova 8/1, Roberta Vinci 12/1, Yanina Wickmayer 12/1, Francesca Schiavone 14/1, Jelena Jankovic 14/1

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