The last 16 draw as follows (seeding in brackets)
S Williams (1) v V Williams (16)
Azarenka (23) v Bencic (30)
Sharapova (4) v Diyas
Safarova (6) v Vandeweghe
Wozniacki (5) v Muguruza (20)
Bacsinszky (15) v Niculescu
Keys (21) v Govortsova
Radwanska (13) v Jancowicz (28)
Lucie Safarova is the only 2014 Wimbledon quarterfinalist to reach 4R this year.
If Wozniacki beats Muguruza, she will be up to #3 in the world. Would be her highest ranking since February 2012...
looking at the bottom half, it has completely cut up
kvitova, halep, lisicki all gone
favourite to win it is radwanska followed by wozniacki, bacsinszky and keys
http://www.oddschecker.com/tennis/wimbledon/womens/winnereach way is 1/2 1,2radwanska 13-1
wozniacki 16-1
bacsinszky 20-1
keys 20-1
so we are getting a minimum of 13/2 one of these to win their half before serena or sharapova or whoever await in the final
my understanding is that radwanska has been poor all year, wozniacki has injury issues
who is the value to win this half now?
I think that all bookies are 1/3 1-2 at this stage.
Wozniacki v Muguruza
Muguruza is currently 2.6 on Betfair
https://www.betfair.com/exchange/plus/#/tennis/market/1.119387597Fractionally better at 2.55 on Bwin
http://www.oddschecker.com/tennis/wimbledon/womens/caroline-wozniacki-v-garbine-muguruza/winnerI make this much closer.
Wozniacki has had 3 easy matches. Sadly Giorgi was far more miss than hit in their match.
Muguruza has been impressive including a gruelling match against Kerber.
Muguruza has a 2-1 career record against Wozniacki but I don't think that matters much other than to show that she is capable of battling her way through against her.
Muguruza has never really excelled on grass winning only 1 match in her previous two appearances at Wimbledon but appears to be getting to grips with it.
Effectively Wozniacki has had an extra week to regain fitness so I may be barking up the wrong tree but I've backed Muguruza.
Radwanska is playing better than earlier in the year. She had a bad patch when she had Martina Navratilova on her team; it just didn't work out, for whatever reason.
I think that she is rightly favourite. She has a 5-2 record against her next opponent (Jankovic) with the only two losses being on clay. She also has a 3-0 record against her likely next opponent (Madison Keys) although Keys was only 18 the last time they met and has made big strides since.
Essentially, I'm not confident about much at this stage but I though that I'd still share.
I've backed more than half the field so I'm hoping to get a winner somehow.