Bet Of The Day September 14

Andrew Hendrie: Sep 14, 2023

The WTA Osaka second round match between Xinyu Wang and Himeno Sakatsume features as Bettingpro.com.au’s best bet for Thursday September 14.

Bet Of The Day September 14 – read on below for our reasoning behind today’s best bet.

Key Points

Wang has won 13 of her last 15 matches
Wang has won 27 matches on hardcourt this season
Wang is ranked No. 39 in the world (career-high & rising)
Sakatsume has never won a single set vs a top 100 player
Sakatsume has only won one tour-level match in her career

We’re off to WTA Osaka for today’s best bet as Xinyu Wang and Himeno Sakatsume square off for a spot in the quarter-finals.

We backed Wang at the -3.5 games handicap to beat Jil Teichmann yesterday, which she did with a 7-6 6-3 victory, and we’re jumping on the Chinese player again here.

Wang is simply the far superior player in every aspect.

Wang has won 13 of her last 15 matches coming into this clash, winning the W100 title in Landisville, reaching the quarter-finals as a qualifier in Cleveland and enjoying a run to the fourth round of the US Open, where she took a set off Karolina Muchova.

In total, Wang has won 27 matches on hardcourt this season.

Meanwhile, Sakatsume had never won a WTA main draw match before this tournament, but that changed when she beat fellow qualifier Alexandra Eala in the opening round.

Still, Sakatsume doesn’t have any experience at this level and it will take an enormous effort to make the quarter-finals here.

Sakatsume is ranked No. 184 in the world (compared to Wang at No. 39) and has never even won a set off a top 100 player in her career.

In fact, Sakatsume has only faced two top 100 players, again highlighting her lack of experience at this level, losing in straights to Jasmine Paolini at 2022 Grandby and Emma Navarro at W100 Ilkley.

Wang is on fire and one of the favourites to win this tournament on current form – confident she can cover a -4.5 games handicap en route to victory here.

BET OF THE DAY SEPTEMBER 14 👇