- Maria Sakkari is -500 to beat qualifier Nao Hibino, who has lost both of their previous meetings.
- Alexandra Eala is -500 over Tatiana Prozorova in her first match since a third-round US Open loss to Iva Jovic.
- Qualifier Nao Hibino beat former top-10 player Kristina Mladenovic in three sets for her first WTA 500-level win since the 2025 French Open.
- Xinyu Wang, unseeded, opened Singapore by upsetting No. 8 seed Donna Vekic 6-1, 6-2 and is -310 against qualifier Joanna Garland.
SINGAPORE – Four Round of 16 matches fill Thursday’s Center Court program at the Singapore Tennis Open, a session that opens at 11 p.m. ET Wednesday. The two best bets on it share the same shape: a big favorite who has already shown the form the price is built on.
The Board
| Match | Odds |
|---|---|
| Maria Sakkari | -500 |
| Nao Hibino | +375 |
| Alexandra Eala | -500 |
| Tatiana Prozorova | +375 |
| Xinyu Wang | -310 |
| Joanna Garland | +250 |
| Talia Gibson | -1100 |
| Viktoria Morvayova | +650 |
Thursday’s four matches sit inside a full week of legal tennis betting markets as Singapore moves toward Friday’s quarterfinals.
Sakkari Backs A 2-0 Record Against Hibino
Sakkari’s price is built on a resume, not reputation alone. She reunited with coach Tom Hill after a 2025 that dropped her outside the top 80, then beat Jasmine Paolini and top-seeded Iga Swiatek in February at Doha to reach her first WTA 1000 semifinal since 2024, and her ranking has climbed back inside the top 40.
She is 2-0 against Hibino, the last meeting a 6-4, 6-1 win at the 2024 Australian Open, and the No. 7 seed opened Singapore with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Linda Fruhvirtova.
That favorite’s price returns about a fifth of the stake in profit, a thin cushion that assumes Hibino’s run stops here. Hibino, a 31-year-old qualifier ranked No. 190, needed three sets and 2 hours, 20 minutes to get past Mladenovic in the first round for her first main-draw win at a WTA 500 or higher since the 2025 French Open, per the WTA.
Eala Opens Off A US Open Run, Not A Layoff
Eala is not returning from a long break. Her last match was a 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 third-round loss to Jovic at the US Open on Sept. 5, and she has played three events since her Washington title. The No. 3 seed took a first-round bye into her career-high ranking of No. 18, built in part on an Aug. 3 win over top-seeded Jessica Pegula in the Mubadala DC Open final that made her the first Filipina to win a WTA Tour singles title.
Prozorova, ranked outside the top 150, came from a set and 4-2 down to beat Sofia Costoulas 5-7, 7-6(2), 6-2 in 2 hours, 51 minutes for her first WTA 500 main-draw win, per the WTA. The two have never played. Eala’s number matches Sakkari’s, and at -500 it leaves no room for a slow start against an opponent who has already survived one long night on this court.
Center Court opens at 11 a.m. local time, 11 p.m. ET Wednesday, with a doubles quarterfinal, and Thursday’s order of play puts the singles from 1 p.m. local: Talia Gibson against lucky loser Viktoria Morvayova, then Wang against Garland, with Eala not before 6:30 p.m. local, 6:30 a.m. ET Thursday, and Sakkari to follow.
Wang, who opened by upsetting Vekic 6-1, 6-2, faces a qualifier in Garland who beat wild card Storm Hunter in three sets for her first tour-level win since 2025.
Friday’s quarterfinals and Sunday’s final close out the tournament’s legal sports betting board.
