Raducanu E. – Mertens E.: Raducanu E. -2,5 games

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Our pick: Raducanu E. – Mertens E.: Raducanu E. -2,5 games

03.07.2024 17:15

Elise Mertens completed the full grass part of the season this year, but with poor results. She won only two matches in three tournaments, while she canceled her matches in Birmingham and Eastbourne in unfavorable conditions with the underdogs. In addition, at Wimbledon she narrowly missed out on progressing to the second round over Japan’s Nao Hibin. Her performances during this year’s grass season are somewhat consistent with her overall not-so-good form throughout the year.

On Wednesday, her opponent in the second round of Wimbledon will be twenty-one-year-old Emma Raducanu, who missed a substantial part of last year after surgeries on both wrists and is trying to return to the world’s top 100 this year in incremental steps. The grassy part of the year has been relatively good to her. She reached the semi-finals in Nottingham and finished the Eastbourne dress rehearsal in the quarter-finals. In both tournaments, she lost to later champions Katie Boulter and Daria Kasatkina.

What to bet on:

Raducanu is in very good form on grass and shows that as a Brit she loves the surface. The Belgian Mertens, on the other hand, has been searching for herself all season and has had solid results. Raducanu wins the handicap.

Confidence:

7/10

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