{"id":90631,"date":"2025-09-16T00:35:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T04:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=90631"},"modified":"2025-09-16T00:35:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T04:35:46","slug":"wta-seoul-best-bets-tauson-vs-lys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/09\/16\/wta-seoul-best-bets-tauson-vs-lys\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Seoul Best Bets Including Clara Tauson vs Eva Lys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The round of 16 has begun at the WTA Seoul Open. I took last week off due to a death of one of my pets. I apologize for the absence, but I am back at it now. The action in Korea has been impressive, and the upcoming matches are sure to impress, as well. With all of that out there, let&#8217;s take a look at my best bets for WTA Seoul. I will also be changing the way I pick matches very soon, but more on that another time. Here are my best bets for the round of 16 in Korea.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>WTA Seoul\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<h4><b>Joint\u2013 Kenin: Time 03:00<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><b>H2H: 1-0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Maya Joint and Sofia Kenin met once earlier this year at WTA Hobart in the quarterfinals. Joint made quick work of Kenin in straight sets. Kenin won a total of four games that match. Now Kenin has the chance to even the score against the young Australian. Unfortunately for Kenin, she&#8217;s 3-7 in her last ten matches while Kenin is 5-5 in hers. Prior to her win against Laura Siegemund in the first round, Kenin was riding a four-match losing streak. Joint is doing just well enough to give Kenin another beating.<\/p>\n<p><b>Best Bet to Make<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The books have Joint as the favorite, and I agree. While Joint does have an impressive hardcourt record in 2025 at 21-13, that&#8217;s not the motivation behind her selection, though it didn&#8217;t hurt. The simple fact of the matter is that Sofia Kenin is not playing well in 2025 and time is running out for her to turn it around. Outside of a surprising finals run in Charleston and a quarterfinal appearance in Dubai, Kenin has not been a factor all year. Joint is having no such problems in 2025, and will likely see her world ranking go up at the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That being said, <strong>Joint<\/strong> <\/span><b>winning is a value bet for sure.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Value bet\/ the best odds: <strong>Joint<\/strong> winning @1.73 @Betway<\/b><\/p>\n<h4><b>Siniakova \u2013 Kasatkina: Time 03:00<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><b>H2H: 1-6<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The only time that Katerina Siniakova beat Darya Kasatkina in her entire career was at WTA Hamburg in 2022. She has faced Kasatkina seven times, and she&#8217;s lost six of them, with the most recent coming at this year&#8217;s French Open in the first round. They&#8217;ve even done battle on an indoor court back at WTA Moscow in 2017. Four of their seven matches have gone to a third set, but only one of those four third sets was competitive.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26353407_168400550_lowres.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Best Bet to Make<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The books have Kasatkina as the favorite, but not by very much. That said, Siniakova is in as good of a position as she has\u00a0<em>ever<\/em> been in this match. Kasatkina is 5-5 in her last ten and she hasn&#8217;t played since the third round of the US Open. Meanwhile, Siniakova is 8-2 in her last ten and she has one tournament victory in there, too. The overall record is going to push some people away, but I genuinely think current form is more important and Siniakova is absolutely cooking right now. This is the type of match where players get complacent, and I feel like Kasatkina is going to get complacent.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That being said, <strong>Siniakova<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><b>winning is a value bet for sure.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Value bet\/ the best odds: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Siniakova<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>winning @2.1 @Bet365<\/b><\/p>\n<h4><b>Tauson <\/b><b>\u2013 Lys: Time 03:00<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><b>H2H: 0-0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Clara Tauson has been having a rough time since WTA Montreal. She&#8217;s 1-3 in her last four matches after going 5-1 in her first six. Eva Lys is largely having a ho-hum year. The furthest she&#8217;s gone in any &#8217;25 tournament is the quarterfinals, and that was only twice. Tauson has a tournament title to her name this year, at least. Lys is 6-4 in her last ten matches this year, and is looking for her first tournament victory since 2022.<\/p>\n<p><b>Best Bet to Make<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tauson was playing really well heading into Cincinnati and is the favorite in this match for a reason. She&#8217;s been incredible on a hardcourt in 2025. She&#8217;s 20-9 compared to Lys&#8217; 17-11 record on the same surface. When it comes to their yearly record, Tauson is 33-17, while Lys is 26-20 on the year. I think this is the exact match that Tauson needs to get back on track; she just needs to make sure she doesn&#8217;t get complacent. I&#8217;ve already picked one person to get complacent, so here&#8217;s to hoping Tauson doesn&#8217;t make me look foolish.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That being said, <strong>Tauson<\/strong> <\/span><b>winning is a value bet for sure.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Value bet\/ the best odds: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Tauson<\/strong> w<\/span>inning @1.57 @BetVictor<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Main Photo Credit: Jayne Kamin-USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The round of 16 has begun at the WTA Seoul Open. I took last week off due to a death of one of my pets. I apologize for the absence, but I am back at it now. The action in Korea has been impressive, and the upcoming matches are sure to impress, as well. 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