{"id":776507,"date":"2026-07-21T20:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/776507\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T20:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:37:21","slug":"wta-prague-first-round-best-bets-including-blinkova-vs-bejlek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/776507\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Prague First Round Best Bets Including Blinkova vs Bejlek"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello, readers. It\u2019s Kane back from vacation and returning to my normal beat. I hope you\u2019ve been enjoying Matt\u2019s coverage on the men\u2019s side. I also hope you\u2019ve been enjoying the World Cup<\/a>. How about that Spain victory over Argentina? Getting back to tennis, I can promise you plenty of women\u2019s coverage starting tomorrow. We\u2019re starting with WTA Prague<\/a> Open. I wanted to get something up for Tuesday, so I chose the three most interesting matches for my best bets. There\u2019s a lot to play for in Prague. Let\u2019s look at three matches on the Tuesday card.\u00a0<\/p>\n

WTA Prague Open
\nBartunkova \u2013 Yuan: Time 5:00 EST<\/p>\n

H2H: 0-0<\/p>\n

We open up today\u2019s WTA Prague Open best bets with Nikola Bartunkova vs Yue Yuan. Bartunkova is 10-5 on a hardcourt in 2026, and she made a grass final at Birmingham last month. Bartunkova has only failed to win her first-round match once on hardcourt in 2026. That loss came at WTA Canberra. Oddly enough, Yuan made the quarterfinals of that same Canberra tournament; it\u2019s one of five different quarterfinal appearances. Will Bartunkova be able to eliminate Yuan, or will Yuan pull off the ultimate upset?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Best Bet to Make<\/p>\n

The books have Bartunkova as a heavy favorite at Prague. The average odds are currently 1.33 to 3.29 in favor of Bartunkova. How much money you\u2019re going to make depends on the risk factor with obvious matches like this. Bartunkova winning 2:0 is 1.91 on a few sites. I personally think you can do better, which is why I recommend taking Bartukova -5 games at 2.28 on 1xBet. You\u2019re going to win more money while taking a comparatively equal chance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That being said, betting on Bartunkova -5 games is a value bet for sure.<\/p>\n

Value bet\/ the best odds: Bartunkova -5 games @2.28 @1xBet<\/p>\n

Blinkova \u2013 Bejlek: Time 8:00 EST<\/p>\n

H2H: 1-1<\/p>\n

Anna Blinkova will meet Sara Bejlek in what will be a career rubber match at Prague. Blinkova beat Bejlek in their only hardcourt match at WTA Brisbane in 2025. Bejlek defeated Blinkova at WTA Madrid in 2024, but that match went all three sets. Both matches were in the first round of their respective tournaments. Neither lady is setting the world on fire right now. Blinkova is 5-5 in her last ten matches while Bejlek is 4-6 in hers.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

Anna Blinkova of Russia overcame fellow Russian, Varvara Flink, 6-3, 6-7, 6-2, during her opening round victory in the Thoreau Tennis Open, Monday, August 8, 2022.<\/p>\n

Thoreau Tennis Open 092 | Source: Lastwordonsports.com – Jim Smith<\/p>\n

Best Bet to Make<\/p>\n

Even though Blinkova has the only hardcourt win, the books don\u2019t see her as the favorite in Prague. On average, Bejlek is a 1.52 to 2.48 favorite. Pinnacle has Blinkova at 2.62 straight up. I think Blinkova might be playing a touch better right now, and I do think the hardcourt victory means something. At 2.62, I would take a chance on Blinkova winning straight up. Bejlek is struggling enough right now for me to feel comfortable taking a risk.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That being said, betting on Blinkova winning is a value bet for sure.<\/p>\n

Value bet\/ the best odds: Blinkova winning @2.62 @Pinnacle<\/p>\n

Fruhvirtova \u2013 Krejcikova: Time 9:30 EST<\/p>\n

H2H: 0-3<\/p>\n

Linda Fruhvirtova will meet Barbora Krejcikova in our featured match at Prague. Krejcikova is the No. 2 seed in this tournament behind Maria Bouzkova. This will be a meeting of countrymates, as both Krejcikova and Fruhvirtova are Czech, which is having a tennis renaissance right now. While Fruhvirtova is part of the younger generation, Krejcikova is a senior statesman and should have no problem taking on the young upcomer. Krejcikova won this tournament just a year after Fruhvirtova made her first appearance in this tournament.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Best Bet to Make<\/p>\n

It should not be a surprise who the books have chosen as the favorite. Krejcikova has beaten Fruhvirtova each time they\u2019ve played, going back to 2020. None of their matches have ever gone to a third round, and Fruhvirtova hasn\u2019t had anything better than a 3-6 set loss. I guess you could technically say she\u2019s been improving in every match, but it\u2019s not the type of improvement that will get you a title.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

That being said, betting on Krejcikova +5.5 games is a value bet for sure.<\/p>\n

Value bet\/ the best odds: Krejcikova +5.5 games @1.94 @Unibet<\/p>\n

Main Photo Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hello, readers. It\u2019s Kane back from vacation and returning to my normal beat. I hope you\u2019ve been enjoying…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-776507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}