WTA - Serena Williams v Jie Zheng

WTA Wimbledon - Jie Zheng (CHN) vs Serena Williams (USA)

Jie Zheng is the clearly the most surprising semi finalist in the woman's draw, but she has entirely earned her spot in here. She had a very tough draw and she has faced seeded players in four of the five matches she has already played in this tournament. This shows how Zheng is playing out of her mind, especially by taking out very powerful players like Szavay, Vaidisova, Baltacha and especially, the world number one Ana Ivanovic. The strongest part of Zheng's game is probably her tennis IQ. She clearly adapts her strategy to the type of opponent she is playing and she gains edges for her side thanks to that. She is just averaging 5,3 unforced errors per set, the lowest of the four semi-finalists, which is also another indication of how well is Zheng playing and how she can keep her cool in the later stages of a Grand Slam. It's true that she doesn't have a big serve, but she has been winning a great percentage on her first serve, while she is serving higher than 65% first serves in. Obviously she is weak (although way stronger than Radwanska) in terms of power, but she is smart enough to come to the net to avoid that. And don't forget Zheng is simply one of the best double players in the world and a former doubles winner in Wimbledon.

Serena Williams played a perfect game against Agnieszka Radwanska in the quarter finals by completely overpowering her opponent. If you think the same will happen today, you're wrong. Just look to what Zheng did against Ivanovic, Vaidisova and Szavay, three of the best servers and powerful players in the circuit. The Chinese player has a lot of other solutions to counter Serena's big game and the truth is that Zheng can go to the net and be more aggressive than Radwanska can. Also Zheng is more emotionally matured than Radwanska and she will play her "A" game today, while Radwanska was far from her best in the quarter finals. Serena played unbelievably well in her last two matches (24 winners/9 errors + 27 winners/6 errors), but the same is unlikely to happen today, as Zheng will make Serena move much more and cause the American player to not be able to be stopped on court and just dictate the points with her power strokes.

Jie Zheng has a lot of momentum right now and she has no fear of winning at all, unlike much players have when they reach this kind of rounds on a Grand Slam for the first time. Serena won't be 100% focused for this semi final, as she would be as she needed to face someone like Ana Ivanovic and if she underrates Zheng, she can even lose this match. The game handicap for someone who defeated the world number one by 6:1 6:4 is too generous not to take it. Take Zheng plus the games in here.

Play 3* units (Regular Play) on Jie Zheng (+5 Games) @2.01 on Pinnacle

Pick : Jie Zheng (+5 Games)
Odds : 2.01
Stake : 6 / 10
Bookmaker : Pinnacle
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