5th February 2012

WTA Paris Betting: Julia Goerges looks like the right pick in Paris this week

The start of this week will be full of WTA action, as there are two tournaments on the schedule in Paris and Pattaya. The event in Paris will surely be in the centre of attention and its high quality line-up should provide a lot of interesting matches. Maria Sharapova is rated as the favourite for the title, but there is no reason to back her at just 2.63 right now.

The top half of the draw is indeed pretty unpredictable, although there are just few realistic outcomes. Sharapova is the favourite, but Kaia Kanepi or Sabine Lisicki have plenty of firepower and can defeat anyone on a good day. And some of the outsiders like Yanina Wickmayer or Lucie Safarova are always hard to beat.

For that reason, I am going to look for some value in the bottom half of the draw and the pick that stands out the most is Julia Goerges. She was playing well in the Fed Cup and her draw does not look that horrible at all. Shahar Peer is not playing well right now and the same applies to Petra Cetkovska, so I can see her progressing quite easily. Marion Bartoli and Li Na are obviously the biggest threats, but Goerges has the skills to beat both of them in my opinion, especially in these pretty fast conditions.

This main reason for this bet is obviously the price that we can get. Some bookies are offering 17.00 and that looks decent enough, but Stan James are going at 21.00 and that seems huge to me. After all, if she was able to push Kvitova to the limit in Stuttgart, she is certainly good enough to beat Li Na on a reasonably quick surface.

Back Julia Goerges to win WTA Paris for a 1/10 stake at 21.00 with Stan James

» £150 Free Bet at Stan James