{"id":105597,"date":"2026-05-26T00:32:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T04:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=105597"},"modified":"2026-05-26T00:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T04:32:19","slug":"wta-french-open-mboko-bartunkova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2026\/05\/26\/wta-french-open-mboko-bartunkova\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA French Open First Round Best Bets Including Victoria Mboko vs Nikola Bartunkova"},"content":{"rendered":"

The WTA French Open action continues on Tuesday. The 2026 edition of Roland Garros enters its third day of first-round competition. The field of 128 players will be sliced down to 64. There are so many matches and stories to keep track of. Which top seeds are in danger? Which floaters in the draw will begin to pick up momentum, which could flow into the rest of the tournament? These and other interesting questions will soon be answered. LWOS has our best bets for three matches on Tuesday. Post your best bets and thoughts in the comments.<\/span><\/p>\n

WTA French Open\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

Waltert \u2013 Siniakova: Time 10:30 EST<\/b><\/h4>\n

H2H: 0-0<\/b><\/p>\n

Simona Waltert vs Katerina Siniakova is an extremely interesting match in the first round. This will be the first meeting between the two Europeans. Siniakova is .500 entering the WTA French Open. She\u2019s also .500 on clay and on hardcourt. Waltert is 11-6 on clay this year, but just 6-9 on hardcourt. Neither lady has won a tournament, but Waltert made the quarterfinals in Oeiras while Siniakova hasn\u2019t been past the round of 16 in any tournament this year. That said, Waltert is definitely playing better on clay, and she\u2019s been consistent leading into the Major.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Bet to Make<\/b><\/p>\n

The books see this match a bit differently than I do. Most books have Siniakova as a 1.45-2.8 favorite, on average. At the minimum, I think Waltert has proven she should be taken seriously on clay. There are so many certainties in the first round of the French Open, but this is one of those matches where you can take a cheap flier and potentially come away with a damn solid return, depending on your idea of a \u201ccheap flier.\u201d I say take the risk on Waltert straight up at 2.97 on Pinnacle. It may even be up over 3 by the time the match starts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That being said, <\/span>betting on Waltert winning is a value bet for sure.<\/b><\/p>\n

Value bet\/ the best odds: Waltert winning @2.97 @Pinnacle<\/b><\/p>\n

Birrell \u2013 Pegula: Time 10:30 EST<\/b><\/h4>\n

H2H: 0\u20131<\/b><\/p>\n

Kimberly Birrell is just one of many women in the back half of the top-100 in the World who have drawn a top-20 player in the first round. Unfortunately for Birrell, she\u2019s also drawn one of the best in Jessica Pegula. This has not been Pegula\u2019s tournament in the past. Pegula\u2019s 2022 run to the quarterfinals here in Roland-Garros is the furthest she\u2019s ever gone. It was also the only time she\u2019s made the quarterfinals or beyond. Birrell is 0-3 on clay so far this year, and the French Open isn\u2019t a tournament she plays often. This is only her fifth time playing at Roland-Garros overall.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Best Bet to Make<\/b><\/p>\n

If Birrell manages to win this match, and someone bet on her doing so, they\u2019re going to leave that match with an absurd return, as one book has Pegula as a 25.7-1 favorite. On average, most books are closer to 15-1 in favor of Pegula. You can\u2019t even get a good return on a correct score bet. Pegula +7 games at 1.75 is the bet I like the most. Pegula is going to win, but she\u2019s going to have to do much better than her 2025 performance in Cincinnati to make any kind of money for you.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That being said, <\/span>betting on Pegula +7 games is a value bet for sure.<\/b><\/p>\n

Value bet\/ the best odds: Pegula +7 games @1.75 @10Bet<\/b><\/p>\n

Mboko \u2013 Bartunkova: Time 10:30 EST<\/b><\/h4>\n

H2H: 0\u20130<\/b><\/p>\n

Victoria Mboko will play Nikola Bartunkova in her first match at Roland-Garros this year. Mboko is 6-4 in her last ten matches, including another final loss for her in Strasbourg against Emma Navarro. That\u2019s the third time she\u2019s made a final this year and the third time she\u2019s lost. Sure, this does represent a bit of a slide for her in terms of overall titles, but she\u2019s still right there at the end, and that\u2019s what matters. Bartunkova has a solid number of wins this year, but many of them are coming via qualifying, as she\u2019s yet to make it past a quarterfinal. She\u2019s still someone that needs to be taken seriously, and she could absolutely knock Mboko out.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Best Bet to Make<\/b><\/p>\n

Mboko is the favorite in this match by a 2:1 ratio. The average odds are 1.29-3.63 in favor of Mboko. I like Mboko as a solid favorite in this match, but I find myself going back and forth between Mboko winning 2:0 and Mboko -5.5 games at 2.25. I\u2019m gonna keep it simple and suggest -5.5 games. I\u2019m gonna be upset if this comes back to bite me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That being said, <\/span>betting on Mboko -5.5 games is a value bet for sure.<\/b><\/p>\n

Value bet\/ the best odds: Mboko -5.5 games @2.25 @10Bet<\/b><\/p>\n

Main Photo Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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