How ironic that the only player in the world's top 17 not engaged in this week's tournament is Li Na. The Chinese player of course announced her retirement in the the last few days. Wuhan is her home town.
A tremendous event and covered live by the excellent BT Sport. I watched an impressive Caroline Garcia take down A-Rad over three long sets this morning. This followed a long match against Venus. Both matches were completed with third set tie-breaks showing how well Caroline was able to hold her nerve. The question now is has the 20-year-old got anything left? Maybe she has and perhaps Mugray's prediction that she will hit the top of the women's game will come true in 2015?
The other 20-year-old (there is only eight days between her and the aforementioned French woman) who I believe is a tremendous prospect is the statuesque six-foot Muguruza. The Spaniard reached the semis of the Tokyo Open last week and will have to be at her very best in her next match as she is Halep's first opponent here. The two have never met but perhaps the underdog can catch the world number two cold?
Anyway two very speculative bets on the event as follows:
0.5pts ew Garcia @ 40/1 Paddy Power (1/2 odds 1,2)
0.5pts ew Muguruza @ 33/1 Paddy Power (1/2 odds 1,2)
Two points staked.
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