{"id":98706,"date":"2026-02-28T14:48:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T19:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=98706"},"modified":"2026-02-28T14:49:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T19:49:43","slug":"wta-austin-best-bets-krueger-vs-townsend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2026\/02\/28\/wta-austin-best-bets-krueger-vs-townsend\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Austin Best Bets Including Ashlyn Krueger vs Taylor Townsend"},"content":{"rendered":"

The WTA Austin semifinals have arrived, and the United States is well-represented. Once again, three Americans have made the semifinals of another tournament. LWOS has our best bets for these matches, so please join the conversation. Leave your thoughts and wagers in the comments section.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

WTA Austin<\/b><\/h2>\n

Birrell <\/b>\u2013 Stearns<\/b>: Time 11:00<\/b><\/h4>\n

H2H: 1-0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Kimberly Birrell and Peyton Stears will meet in the first semifinal. Stearns took their only other match at the 2025 WTA Madrid tournament in the first round, and that match went all three sets. It was an extremely competitive match. Birrell is actually having the better year thus far. She’s 11-5 overall, while Stearns is only 8-6.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

B<\/strong><\/span>est Bet to Make<\/b><\/p>\n

The books have Stearns as the favorite, and I think this is probably the right call. Stearns is the higher-ranked player, and while she isn’t having as good a year as Birrell, she is more talented. I think Stearns is the better player, and that’s why I’m taking her straight up in this match at 1.64 on Pinnacle.<\/p>\n

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

Value bet\/the best odds: Stearns <\/strong><\/span>winning<\/strong><\/span> @1.64 <\/b>@Pinnacle<\/b><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Krueger <\/b>\u2013 Townsend<\/b>: Time 13:00<\/b><\/h4>\n

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

Ashlyn Krueger meets Taylor Townsend in a match between two Americans. While neither lady has done exceptionally well this year, Krueger and Townsend are both very capable when their game is on. Both ladies are riding a three-match winning streak. Surprisingly, they don’t have a head-to-head record.<\/p>\n

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

Townsend has been undeniable in this tournament, even when pushed into a third set. Krueger hasn’t really been tested yet, as she’s cruised into the semifinals without losing a set. I think Townsend is the better player, but I think Krueger is going to win this match. I’ll take Krueger straight up at 2.04 on Unibet.<\/p>\n

That being said,\u00a0 Krueger winning<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/b><\/span>is a value bet for sure.<\/b><\/p>\n

Value bet\/the best odds: Krueger<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0winning<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>@2.04 @Unibet<\/b><\/p>\n

Main Photo Credit: Geoff Burke–USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The WTA Austin semifinals have arrived, and the United States is well-represented. Once again, three Americans have made the semifinals of another tournament. LWOS has our best bets for these matches, so please join the conversation. Leave your thoughts and wagers in the comments section.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 WTA Austin Birrell \u2013 Stearns: Time 11:00 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5481,"featured_media":83207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[17400,4],"tags":[43574,16716,17399,4109,18047,58,15,18671],"class_list":["post-98706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-best-bets","category-wta","tag-2026-wta-austin","tag-ashlyn-krueger","tag-best-bets","tag-kimberly-birrell","tag-peyton-stearns","tag-taylor-townsend","tag-wta","tag-wta-austin"],"modified_by":"Kane Webb","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98706","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=98706"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98743,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98706\/revisions\/98743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}