Analysis for Kirilenko-Kvitova (WTA Wimbledon)

Head-to-head record 0:0

Czech prodigy Petra Kvitova will face Russian beauty Maria Kirilenko in the first round. We have already praised the Czech talent several times in past. She is the big hope of Czech tennis and the biggest young talent ever since Nicole Vaidisova has appeared. She is just 18 years old but already managed to defeat the top players such as Venus Williams. Her career record is really impressive. Kvitova has everything she needs to play the best tennis on fast surfaces – power, confidence and solid technique. She is a tall and aggressive player who feels well on grass. Her only weakness is movement as she sometimes struggles on clay against the fast players. However, she will play Maria Kirilenko whose season is really bad. Her YTD record is 8-13 which is enormously poor for the player of her caliber. She lost to relatively weak players such as Gallovits, Vinci, Domachowska, Makarova, Rogowska etc. Furthermore, grass is the worst surface for her. She has a career record of 1-5 at Wimbledon and we don’t think she deserves to be a favourite against Kvitova. The odds are probably affected by ankle injury that Kvitova reported after Madrid tournament and due to which she missed the French Open. However, she should be fully fit and ready for Wimbledon. Anything above 2 is worth taking.

Note: CENTREBET WAS CHOSEN ON PURPOSE HERE. Bets will be voided in case of retirement due to re-injury of Kvitova's ankle.