Claire Liu rides eight-match streak as betting favorite vs Uchijima

Claire Liu brings an eight-match winning streak into Monday’s French Open first-round match against Moyuka Uchijima. That run has made claire liu the betting-market favorite despite sitting 72 spots below Uchijima in the rankings.

Liu is ranked 182. Uchijima is ranked 110, but the form line is moving the market the other way.

Liu’s qualifying run

Liu reached the main draw by winning three French Open qualifying matches without losing a set. She has won nine of her last 10 matches, and the broader run includes eight straight victories.

That stretch gives her a cleaner recent record than Uchijima, who has dropped three straight matches. One of those losses came in Rabat last week.

Uchijima’s recent swing

Before the slump, Uchijima won the WTA 125 Saint-Malo event and put together a five-match winning streak. Since then, the results have flipped, with defeats to Alycia Parks, Kaja Juvan and Rebeka Masarova.

The contrast is why this first-round match has drawn betting attention. Liu has been steady through qualifying and into the main draw, while Uchijima arrives with a higher ranking but a recent slide that has pushed the price toward Liu.

French Open Monday card

The match is one of three on Monday singled out as a best-bet play, and the recommended value line is Liu to win at 1.79 at 1xBet. With the field moving from 128 players down to 64 in the opening round, a win would send Liu deeper into the bracket with her best form of the season still intact.