ATP Washington, First round
Johnson v Ramanathan
Due to start at 8:30 pm
Johnson 1-0 (July 2018, grass, 3 sets). Long term hard win % are better for Johnson. He won 31 of his last 50. Ramanathan has a better win % on hard this season. He won 12 of 17 on hard in 2021.
Johnson has a decent record in Washington but not so much recently. He has been in the semis twice and the q finals once.
Ramanathan has played Challengers on hard this season. He reached the q finals in the Lexington Challenger and the final of the Cary Challenger in July. He has had very little success in main tour hard court events other than reaching the semis in ATP Pune in November 2019.
If Johnson is not sharp then he will have problems with Ramanathan but if he is near his best, especially on serve, he wins. Back Johnson around 1.90 to 2.00 and remove liability around 1.60. Back Johnson if he loses set 1.
ATP Washington, First round
Pospisil v Korda
Due to start at 8:30 pm
Posp 1-0 (Nov 2019, indoors, 2 sets). Long term overall win % are better for Korda. He won 36 of his last 50. On hard courts Pospisil has a slight lead winning 30 of his last 50. Korda won 27 of 50. Results this season and in the last 12 months on hard favour Korda.
Pospisil reached the 4th round at the US Open 2020 but has not had much hard court success since. He has had some tough draws to be fair.
Korda reached the q finals in Miami in March, beating Schwartzman and Karatsev. He reached the final at ATP Delray Beach in Jan.
We have a fair chance of 3 sets but Korda is starting to fulfil some of his potential and his confidence is high. Back Korda around 1.95 to 2.10 and remove some or all liability at 1.55. Back him if he loses set 1.
WTA San Jose, First round
Yastremska v Liu
Due to start at 9:30
H2H 1-1. Most recent June 2018, grass, Liu in 2 sets. Yastremska won on grass in 2016, 2 sets. Both have won 30 of their last 50 on hard.
Yastremska reached the 3rd round in New York in Aug 2020. In Jan 2020 she reached the final in Adelaide and in Feb 2020 reached the 3rd round in Doha.
All Liu’s good hard results were in ITF’s. In Feb. she reached the semi finals in Orlando and the final in Boca Raton, USA. IN March she reached the final in the Newport Beach ITF tournament.
Back Yastremska around 2.20 and remove liab around 1.65. Lay the set 1 winner.
