The WTA Nottingham final will be played on Sunday. The 2026 tennis season has taken a turn for Emma Navarro, who was struggling through April but has switched course in May and June. Navarro is playing her best tennis of the year and now has a chance to win a WTA Tour title. Marie Bouzkova was playing relatively ordinary tennis earlier in the year and not getting the most out of her game. Now she has managed to get hot and stay hot, rolling to the final with a series of very sharp performances. These two players will play their fifth match of the week in Nottingham, which should make them sufficiently prepared for Wimbledon, regardless of the result on Sunday. What matters now is the trophy and the WTA points, all 250 of them for the champion. LWOS has our best bet for the final. Post your best bets and thoughts in the comments.
WTA Nottingham
Bouzkova – Navarro: Time 9:00 EST
H2H: 0-0
Marie Bouzkova faces Emma Navarro in the Nottingham final. On Saturday, Emma Navarro was tied with Viktorija Golubic 5-5 in the first-set tiebreaker of the Nottingham semifinal before she managed to win the decisive points at the end of the set. Once Navarro got past that tiebreaker, she relaxed and loosened up. She played her best and won the second set 6-2 to take the match and roll into the final. Navarro looked lost on the court in April and was losing matches left and right. Now it’s just the opposite. She can’t seem to lose. She has won 10 of her last 12 matches and is playing with great confidence. She knows how to handle pressure and is getting better in close matches. This is completely unlike the player we saw in April and in earlier parts of the 2026 season.
Marie Bouzkova is locked in. She is playing elite tennis right now. She won the second set of her quarterfinal win over Tatjana Maria 6-0. Then she carried that form into the semifinals and blew away Karolina Pliskova 6-4, 6-1. Bouzkova isn’t just winning; she is winning in straight sets, and she is winning at least one set per match very comfortably. This is a battle of two very in-form players who struggled earlier in the year but have clearly figured out how to play well and sustain their quality. They have both found what was missing in previous months.
Best Bet to Make
The form and consistency of Marie Bouzkova in Nottingham are hard to ignore right now. Navarro is playing really well, but Bouzkova is playing even better if the two players are going to be compared and measured. Bouzkova has learned how to carry momentum from one set to another, and to also carry form into her next match. She hasn’t gotten tripped up and hasn’t really lost her focus. Navarro is showing admirable toughness as well. She fought through a tough first set against Viktorija Golubic in the semifinals on Saturday, and she also used that tiebreaker victory to boost her level of play in the second set of that match. There are a number of similarities between the way these players have been playing and winning this week in Nottingham. You could go for over 2.5 sets if you want, but Bouzkova moneyline is our play just because she has looked so dominant at the end of each of her last two matches. The fact that she is the market underdog here only adds to the return you will get for betting on her.
That being said, betting on Bouzkova winning is a value bet for sure.
Value bet/ the best odds: Bouzkova winning @2.18 @Unibet
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