Makarova have played brilliant in her last tournament which was actually in Miami. She made it all the way through until the round of 16 whereby she was narrowly defeated by Li Na of China. I am sure that that good run of form will be a confidence boost to her as she makes the transition to the clay court. Her opponent today is the polish girl Domachowska who have failed to progress far in any of her tournament that she has taken part this season. That will be a dampener to her growing career and even at this point of time, she is 50places worse off than Makarova in the women's ranking.

With the form so appalling of Domachowska and the imperious Makarova her opponent today, I firmly believe that the Russian girl will be victorious and with the odds so low for a Makarova win, give a try on the odds for her to win the first set.

First set winner- Ekaterina Makarova @1.50 with bet365