2 matches are on Saturday's card at Singapore, and we have a pick for every one of them. The headline act: Talia Gibson against Tatiana Prozorova in the semifinal. Our calls: Prozorova over Gibson, Fernandez over Chwalinska.
Pick: Fernandez
Win probability: 59% Fernandez · Market: -134 · We call it in 2 sets (59%) · single likeliest score 2-0 (36%)
Saturday's Singapore semifinal pits Leylah Fernandez against Maja Chwalinska on hard. Leylah Fernandez has won 6 of the last 10. Maja Chwalinska has won 4 of the last 10.
Hold strength tells the story — 64.8% versus 58% on first-serve points in Fernandez's favor. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Fernandez is exactly that — a lean.
Pick: Prozorova
Win probability: 51% Prozorova · Market: +118 · We call it in 3 sets (42%) · single likeliest score 2-0 (29%)
A spot in the next round is at stake on Saturday, when Talia Gibson goes up against Tatiana Prozorova in the Singapore semifinal. Tatiana Prozorova has won 3 in a row and 7 of the last 10 overall. Talia Gibson comes in at 4 wins from the last ten.
On paper it's close: comparable ratings, comparable serve numbers, small margins everywhere. A tiebreak or two would surprise nobody, with Prozorova fractionally more likely to land the big points.
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