Kvitova v Errani in Dubai final

h2h says a lot, errani has over 80% first serve in in this tournament which is very good but she giving break points anyway, between them usually both have chances but errani is more vulnerable on bp than petra who can throw good serve,and on the return she can apply much more pressure and so far it was quite straight forward to kvitova, this tournament she is not making that many errors as usuall instead painting the lines and if it happen again it will be difficult for errani to get into this match even.but with kvitova you never know she may comeback to her usual all of a sudden but, would be surprised tbh if she will lose this match,all depends how many times errani will be able to break petra

*much better odds i meant

if errani would take a set i oudnt be so sue then.. but she probably wont if petra still remains in this zone. but its quite fragile zone as we know

funny thing that petra gives nearly as many bps as she gets but as i said she has more cards in her hand in this situation on both ends

i can see she will start well and go in front and spirit of errani will be broken quickly

for errani bigger issue is h2h,bigger than any injury, start of the match will be key. errani was annihilated last match they played even if she was in good form before and after that tournament

you know what usually happens when all points to a one-sided match, don't you?

and yes, I saw all their matches in Dubai this week and am also very pleasantly surprised by Petra's performance.  Sara really doesn't have any significant strong weapon but somehow always finds a way how to win the match in the end, even when written off (0-6 anyone?).
HTH is telling and I hope Petra doesn't underestimate her opponent today.  She should get the trophy if winners-UEs>0 as was the case in her previous matches.

two years ago petra was beating azarenka in finals and looked the best player in the world and she was, she could play good defensive tennis back then but the wheels came off big style, its just a matter of getting her confidence back beating stosur in fed cup looked like a turning point.

everyone who plays errani thinks they should be beating her and petra will be confidant, she can finish the point with one shot where a lot of players would take two or three.  petr was put under most pressure by ivanovic who just tried to hit a winner with every shot, radwanska made little effort, woz could have made it close but she was hardly a brick wall and made ue at crucial times. 

through out the last two weeks petra has gone 0-30 on her serve as standard but against woz she was more effective so she is improving, several times she has started  fast and when errani does play a big hitter often she just does not get in to the game, against slava at wimby she won zero points in the first set.

petra must win and most likely one sided from early on

All in on this one, surely Kvitova cant lose unless mafia/on period?

always wary of being over-confident but I can't see a way Kvitova loses this. Her form is good, she's a good match-up against Errani and it's a final so she'll be pumped. On at 1.32 which i think are actually slightly generous odds but that's been the way all through this tournament with Petra, some people have no trust in her but she's won me good money and I hope she continues to do so today. GL all.

Can't believe that umpire is only two years older than me.

had a big bet(for me) on kivi,gonna be a hell of a long weekend if she loses this

2/5 is buying money surely

Hi Jin

patience kivi thats all yoou need and you will thrash her

only way I can see kbomb losing is some freak injury

cmon

wow - what a start as the commemtator said.

oods halved just after 4 balls played