Voskoboeva vs Uberoi
Nasdaq - Round 1

Wouldn't normally take someone of Voskoboeva's standing at such low odds but I rate her an 85.2% chance of winning so I think there's value at the price. Voskoboeva's a competent hardcourt player with a solid clay record - so she won't mind the slower conditions. She hasn't set the world on fire this season but played very well in qualifying by beating the talented, never-say-die Cho and Nakamura. She also had a pretty good tournament in the Orange challenger last week losing to evntual winner Cho in a tight third round, 3-set encounter. In some respects this bet is more against Uberoi who is a moderate challenger type player who is ranked 299 and only made the Nasdaq as a wildcard (note this is Neha Uberoi and not the more talented Shikha Uberoi). Neha's only played 5 games this season (going 2/3) - including an easy loss to the totally unheralded Julie Ditty. She was also beaten last week in the first round of qualifying for the Orange challenger! In short, Voskoboeva's no world-beater but she's had a great qualie session and comes up against an underdone, lowly-ranked outsider who rarely plays at this level.

Voskoboeva $1.30 generally available.
( a few offer $1.35 but not at my bookies)

Kirilenko V Chakvetadze
Nasdaq - Round 1

I've written plenty about Kirilenko so won't go back over it. Chakvetadze is another up-and-coming talent from Russia who is capable of winning tonight but probably prefers faster conditions. Her best recent reults have come on Indoor carpet, a far cry form the sometimes windy and slow Miami courts. She does however have some good wins under her belt and had a reasonably good tournament in Indian Wells last week. Should be a close encounter but I believe the in-form Kirilenko will prevail as a 65.5% favourite.

Kirilenko $1.57 WillHill
(may be better prices by a few cents later).