Qinwen Zheng and Maria Sakkari is the featured match for today’s article. These two have an interesting and robust history, with Sakkari leading the head-to-head 1-2, though Zheng won the last time they played. Unfortunately for us, these matches were played on a hard surface, so the evidence is a bit lacking for clay court matches. Zheng enters the match at 7-3 in her last ten, which is almost the opposite of Sakkari, who is 4-6 in her last ten.<\/p>\n
Best Bet to Make<\/h4>\n
The books have Zheng winning, and I agree. That said, given the history Sakkari has with Zheng, it wouldn’t be a complete waste of time to place a throwaway on Sakkari. At +220, you would more than triple your money should she upset Zheng. Zheng is 81-24 lifetime on clay, but Sakkari has played many more matches on clay and has a similar record of 177-107.<\/p>\n
That being said,\u00a0Sakkari winning is a value bet for sure.<\/strong><\/p>\n Value bet\/ the best odds:\u00a0 Sakkari winning @+220 @FanDuel<\/strong><\/p>\n H2H: 0-0<\/strong><\/p>\n Ajla Tomljanovic meets Peyton Stearns for the first time at Charleston, and there’s plenty of intrigue in the match, at least to me. While Stearns enters as a favorite, the story becomes much more muddied as you look deeper. Stearns is a very modest 49-30 on clay surfaces, while Tomljanovic is 128-85, and this is Stearns’ first tournament on clay in 2025, while Tomljanovic notched a win over Kyoka Okamura in her previous match at Charleston.<\/p>\n The books have Stearns as a favorite, and while I agree, I’m not as enthusiastic about it as you might think. Stearns enters the match having gone 4-6 in her past ten matches, and Tomljanovic enters the exact opposite at 6-4. Perhaps most importantly, Tomljanovic is 3-2 in her last five while Stearns is 1-4. At +195, there’s too much of an opportunity here for me not to suggest it.<\/p>\n That being said,\u00a0Tomljanovic winning is a value bet for sure.<\/strong><\/p>\n Value bet\/ the best odds:\u00a0 Tomljanovic winning @+195 @Unibet<\/strong><\/p>\n H2H: 1-0<\/strong><\/p>\n Sofia Kenin vs Belinda Bencic is one of those matches that could be a headache for bettors. Neither of them lights the world on fire when playing on clay. Bencic is 84-46 all-time on clay while Kenin is 81-58. You’d think this would give Bencic confidence headed into this match, but she’s also 0-1 against Kenin in her career, granted that was on grass and six years ago.<\/p>\n The book has Bencic winning, and I do think it’s more likely. There is still enough value for me to bring it to your attention. At 2.75, you can bring home a decent chunk of change. Evaluate your options, and see how you feel. I think Kenin has enough game to take down Bencic and bring home the win.<\/p>\n That being said, Kening winning<\/strong>\u00a0is a value bet for sure.<\/strong> Main Photo Credit: Andrew P. Scott-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m back with some more best bets for the Charleston Open. I’m bringing you a couple more matches with potential upsets. Do you agree? Did I hit the mark? Let me know in the comments! WTA Charleston Open Round of 64 Zheng \u2013 Sakkari: Time 16:00 H2H: 1-2 Qinwen Zheng and Maria Sakkari is the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5481,"featured_media":71312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17400],"tags":[16071,266,17399,305,18047,17409,1900,11463,5249],"class_list":["post-81861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-best-bets","tag-ajla-tomjlanovic","tag-belinda-bencic","tag-best-bets","tag-maria-sakkari","tag-peyton-stearns","tag-qinwen-zhang","tag-sofia-kenin","tag-wta-charleston","tag-wta-charleston-open"],"modified_by":"Kane Webb","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5481"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81864,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81861\/revisions\/81864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Tomljanovic \u2013 Stearns: Time 16:00<\/h4>\n
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<\/h4>\nBest Bet to Make<\/h4>\n
Kenin \u2013 Bencic: Time 16:00<\/h4>\n
Best Bet to Make<\/h4>\n
\nValue bet\/ the best odds:\u00a0 Kenin winning @2.75 @Betway<\/strong><\/p>\n