French Open - Womens Day 2

Madison Keys should have the required class to see off Ashleigh Barty when the pair meet on Monday.

Keys has struggled with her form a little lately, but she's a fine clay courter on her day and reached the fourth round here last season. That has helped her climb to number 11 in the world, and she is far more expereinced at this sort of event than Barty.

Barty has herself been in reasonable nick, reaching the quarter-finals in Strasbourg, but she didnt need to beat much, and I'm happy to overlook that result.

Keys to beat Barty at 10/11 Generally

Another match which sees a potential gulf in class is the match up between Mariana Duque Marino v Irina-Camelia Begu.

Duque Marino is ranked outside the top 100 and simply doesnt look to have the all round game to match Begu, who is more powerful, more experienced and generally the better player.

Looking at their records on clay against players ranked 50-100, Duque Marino is 8-3, while Begu is 8-1. She has also played more matches against top players and should justify odds of 8/11 as real value.

Begu to beat Duque Marino at 8/11 Generally

Finally Sorana Cirstea should have the beating of Shuai Peng despite being ranked around 20 places lower. Cirstea grew up on clay courts, and has always prefered the slow play. The French Open has always been her favourite Slam, and shes reached the 3rd round on three occasions, and also the quarter finals one.

Cirstea also warmed up for this even by reaching the quarter finals in Madrid and the semi-finals in Nurnberg. At 5/4 she looks a decent bet.

Cirstea to beat Peng at 5/4

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