Being impatient for ladies' tennis, so I'll start with the early games in Pattaya:
Kudryavtseva - Poutchkova. Fair odds in my eyes (2.50 - 1.58), although Alla K. is 22 places higher in the WTA ranking at the mo. She was pathetic last year, I can't predict what she will look like that one. In the Oz Open she gave hard resistance to A. Bondarenko, but lost 2:0. Before that in Hobart she scored a win against M. Adamczak, but then faced S. Mirza and unsurprisingly lost...
Poutchkova was unlucky to face Henin in the 2nd round in Melbourne, but she fought bravely, especially in the 2nd set although losing 2:0. Before that she eliminated the same M. Adamczak. In Hobart she was defeated by V. Zvonareva in the 1st round.
So, reading that form I can see them both performing nearly equal since the start of the year and I can take Kudryavtseva at these odds and hope to do some trading in-running
The second game is Craybas v Savchuk - odds vary time and again but are around 2.05-1.95.
To be honest I like the chances of Craybas much more.
She passed the 1st round in Melbourne easy, than lost from Vesnina, that easy again. Anyway, she is still capable of scoring a win or two.
Her opponent is in awful situation, played quite few matches last year, maybe she was injured, and that year she has two losses - 1:6 1:6 from Mauresmo in Gold Coast and 0:6 1:6 from Radwanska on Aus. Open. Yes, strong opponents, but obviously she's still in trouble. That is enough for me to lay her even against the 13-year older American. Savchuk is decent looking, indeed but...
Odds for Craybas started to drop fast in BF - 1.9 now..., I'll be quick and take her
