Week/Semaine 36 – 06/09 Sharapova – Wozniacki

US Open:

Sharapova – Wozniacki : Sharapova @ 2 (Stanjames) [6u] 3-6 4-6

Today, I really see the Russian doll as a favourite. For a bit more than two months, she recovered a really good level. For example in Wimbledon she pushed Serena Williams to a really difficult match (7-6[9] 6-4) then in Stanford and in Cincinnati, she reached the final (losses against Azarenka and Clijsters) and this week, she made a pretty good start with victories over Groth, Benesova and Capra.

Wozniacki is the n°1 of the tournament and has now 11 wins in a row. This last month, she played over 20 matches which is really big and she can maybe suffer from that. Moreover, Sharapova is much more experienced and in a Grand Slam, that is really important. In H2Hs, Sharapova leads 4-0 (including 2 exhibition matches) and Wozniacki never took him a set.

Sharapova is a slight favourite here, the value is on her!

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