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Federica Sacco vs Zeel Desai

Tennis
2025-09-12 19:48
Start: 2025-09-13 08:00

Summary

Pick: away
EV: 0.06

Current Odds

Home 1.685|Away 4.2
Best Odds

Match Info

Match key: Federica Sacco_Zeel Desai_2025-09-13

Analysis

Summary: We find value on Zeel Desai at 2.12 based on near-identical profiles and an estimated 50% win probability, producing ~6% expected value.

Highlights

  • Profiles and recent form are effectively matched — little to separate the players
  • Market appears to overprice the home favorite, offering value on the away underdog

Pros

  • + Positive expected value at current widely-available price (2.12)
  • + Simple, conservative estimate (50% true probability) yields value due to market overround

Cons

  • - Limited and similar data for both players increases uncertainty in the probability estimate
  • - No head-to-head, seeding, or venue advantage information in the research to reduce variance

Details

We see nearly identical profiles and recent form for Federica Sacco and Zeel Desai (both 10-21 career records, similar surfaces and recent results), so a roughly even true chance is reasonable. The market prices Sacco as favorite at 1.662 (implied ~60.1%) and Desai at 2.12 (implied ~47.2%), leaving an overround. Given lack of differentiators (no clear surface or form edge, no injuries reported), we estimate the true win probability for Desai at 50.0%. At the available price of 2.12 that yields positive expected value: EV = 0.50 * 2.12 - 1 = +0.06 (6% ROI). The minimum fair decimal price for this probability is 2.000; since the market offers 2.12, we identify value on the away side while acknowledging limited information and model uncertainty.

Key factors

  • Both players have nearly identical career records and recent results, implying a roughly even matchup
  • No clear surface or injury differentiator in the provided research to justify the favorite tag
  • Current market price (2.12) for the away player is above our fair threshold (2.00) producing positive EV