Krejcikova v Pavlyuchenkova betting tips: Little to separate surprise finalists

French Open women’s singles final preview and odds

Two grand slam singles final debutants meet when Barbora Krejcikova faces Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the women’s showpiece at Roland Garros.

Krejcikova prevailed in a semi-final of huge drama against Maria Sakkari as the unseeded Czech saved a match point in a 7-5 4-6 9-7 victory.

Russian Pavlyuchenkova’s progress was more straightforward as she ran out a 7-5 6-3 winner over Tamara Zidansek.

The surprise finalists may not have featured in too many French Open predictions at the start of the tournament, but one of them will be leaving with the €1,400,000 winner’s cheque.

Here we assess the chances of both players in our Krejcikova v Pavlyuchenkova betting tips.

Route to the final

Having cruised through the first two rounds, Pavlyuchenkova has been taken to a deciding set in three of her four matches since.

The 31st seed has seen off three seeds on her way to the final, beating Victoria Azarenka, Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina.

Pavlyuchenkova’s last four matches have all contained at least 21 games and it is 4/6 for there to be over 20.5 games in the final.

Krejcikova’s dramatic semi-final was the first time she had faced a deciding set since the opening round, with the Czech having seen off 17th seed Sakkari, fifth seed Elina Svitolina, 32nd seed Ekaterina Alexandrova and 24th seed Cori Gauff.

Krejcikova has had a comeback win after losing the opening set and Pavlyuchenkova has done so twice already, with odds of 18/5 on offer for either player to triumph after dropping the opening set.