French quarter selections

Been for a trot around the shops to try and get a bit of value. Shops packed with Scoop6 punters.

I think the areas to concentrate on are the ladies' second and third quarters. The first three in the outright betting: Serena, Pova and Li Na do not play in either.

Ladies' second quarter

I think you can make cases against the first two in the betting. A-Rad is favourite, despite preferring a faster surface, next best is Kerber who is out of form. CSN has a chance but I have supported two of my outright rags as follows:

3pts win Bouchard @ 6/1 Coral

Reached the semis in Australia and not been great since - until this week. Still chasing her first title but that could change this afternoon as she is in the final of Nuremberg. 

2pts win Pennetta @ 12/1 Coral

Good recent record in grand slams. Plus:

1pt win Cornet @ 25/1 Betfred 

Has been in quite good form and likes the big (home) stage.

Ladies' third quarter

Halep and Ivanovic head the market here. Incredible that Halep is up to four in the world. This however brings with it expectations. Halep is also recovering from injury. Ana has been in great form and could go well in a tournament she has previously won. She is up against the improving Garcia in the first round which should be tough. Who will be more nervous? Difficult to say: Ana nervous type, Garcia in front of her home crowd. However Coral are a stand out 40/1 Garcia to win this section whereas Ivanovic is no bigger that 3/1. The market says Garcia will have a first round exit, but the value is with the French player:

2pts win Garcia @ 40/1 Coral

Others choices in this section:

1pt win Kuznetsova @ 16/1 Coral 

1pt win Giorgi @ 28/1 Coral

Turning to the men's event, just a couple of small interests:

First quarter: 2pts Ferrer @ 9/2 Coral. Third quarter: 1pt win Roberto Bautista-Agut @ 35/1 Paddy Power

Total quarter betting stakes = 13 points.