Naomi Osaka and Alize Cornet will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Gippsland Trophy for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3 pm on Margaret Court Arena. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Naomi Osaka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Naomi Osaka is the pick to win this match.
Naomi Osaka -> 1.13
Alize Cornet -> 6.35
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Prediction and head to head Naomi Osaka vs. Alize Cornet
There is no head to head record between Naomi Osaka and Alize Cornet since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Naomi Osaka
Ranked no. 3, the Japanese will start her run in Melbourne after she played her last match in Adelaide where she lost 6-2 2-6 10-7 to Williams in the semifinal on the 29th of January.
This will be the first match of the year on hard.
Talking about her overall career, Naomi has an overall 206-112 record. She has a positive 140-68 record on hard.
Last year in Melbourne
Osaka lost in the 3rd round to Cori Gauff.
Alize Cornet
Ranked no. 53, the French player got to the 2nd round after beating Ajla Tomljanovic 5-7 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round against Tomljanovic, Cornet recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 6-3). During the match Cornet scored 107 points vs Tomljanovic’s 96. Cornet was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Cornet bagged 6 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Alize Cornet lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Cornet put 56% of her first serves in, winning 77% (43/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (18/44) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Tomljanovic 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).
The French player has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
Cornet lost in the 2nd round to Donna Vekic.
Head 2 Head
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- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Caty McNallyMcNally (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (4-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Andrea PetkovicPetkovic (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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