PREDICTION, PREVIEW, H2H: Williams, Sabalenka, Halep and Kudermetova to play on Rod Laver Arena on Friday – Australian Open

ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Serena Williams, Aryna Sabalenka, Simona Halep and Veronika Kudermetova are going to compete on Friday at the Australian Open on Rod Laver Arena.

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Serena Williams vs. Anastasia Potapova

Head to head 1-0 for Williams

Serena Williams will take on Anastasia Potapova in the 3^rd round for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1 pm on Rod Laver Arena.

Serena Williams: ranking and results

Ranked no. 11, Williams reached the 3^rd round after beating Laura Siegemund 6-1 6-1 and Nina Stojanovic 6-3 6-0.

Williams has a 5-0 win-loss record in 2021, 5-0 on hard (See FULL STATS). The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Melbourne.

Last year at the Australian Open The American surrendered in the 3^rd round 6-4 6-7(2) 7-5 to Qiang Wang. Williams won the title at the Australian Open in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015 and 2017.

Anastasia Potapova: ranking and results

Ranked no. 101, Potapova got to the 3^rd round after defeating Alison Riske 6-2 6-1 and Timea Babos 6-2 6-4.

The Russian has a 3-2 win-loss record in 2021, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open Anastasia lost in the 1^st round 6-0 6-3 to Serena Williams.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 2^nd time that Serena Williams and Anastasia Potapova fight against each other. Their head to head is 1-0 for Williams (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Previously, the last time they played, Williams won 6-0 6-3 in the 1^st round in Melbourne back in 2020.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Serena Williams who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Serena Williams is the pick to win this match.
Serena Williams -> 1.099
Anastasia Potapova -> 8.2

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Aryna Sabalenka vs. Ann Li

Head to head 0-0

Aryna Sabalenka will take on Ann Li in the 3^rd round for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11 am on Rod Laver Arena.

Aryna Sabalenka: ranking and results

Ranked no. 7 (career high), Aryna got to the 3^rd round after beating Viktoria Kuzmova 6-0 6-4 and Daria Kasatkina 7-6⁵ 6-3.

Sabalenka has a 8-1 win-loss record in 2021, 8-1 on hard (See FULL STATS). Her best result of the current year was winning the titlein Abu Dhabi where she defeated Veronika Kudermetova in the final 6-2 6-2.

Last year at the Australian Open Sabalenka capitulated in the 1^st round 7-6(6) 7-6(6) to Carla Suarez Navarro.

Ann Li: ranking and results

Ranked no. 69 (career high), Li got to the 3^rd round after beating Shuai Zhang 6-2 6-0 and Alize Cornet 6-2 7-6⁶.

The American has a 6-0 win-loss record in 2021, 6-0 on hard (See FULL STATS). The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Melbourne.

Last year at the Australian Open Li capitulated in the 2^nd round 6-1 6-3 to Sofia Kenin.

Head to head analysis

There is no head to head record between Aryna Sabalenka and Ann Li since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.25
Ann Li -> 4.333

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Simona Halep vs. Veronika Kudermetova

Head to head 0-0

Simona Halep will take on Veronika Kudermetova in the 3^rd round for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7 pm on Rod Laver Arena.

Simona Halep: ranking and results

Ranked no. 2, the Romanian got to the 3^rd round after beating Lizette Cabrera 6-2 6-1 and Ajla Tomljanovic 4-6 6-4 7-5.

The Romanian has a 4-1 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open Halep had to surrender in the semifinal 7-6(8) 7-5 to Garbine Muguruza.

Veronika Kudermetova: ranking and results

Ranked no. 36 (career high), Veronika got to the 3^rd round after defeating Marta Kostyuk 6-2 7-6⁵ and Varvara Gracheva 5-7 6-2 6-2.

Kudermetova has a 8-2 win-loss record in 2021, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS). Veronika’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Abu Dhabi.

Last year at the Australian Open Veronika lost in the 1^st round 2-6 6-1 6-1 to Sara Sorribes Tormo.

Head to head analysis

There is no head to head record between Simona Halep and Veronika Kudermetova since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Halep who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
Simona Halep -> 1.49
Veronika Kudermetova -> 2.78

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Last Results

These are the last results of the Australian Open

• Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Heather WatsonWatson (6-7⁵ 6-4 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Belinda BencicBencic – Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova (7-5 2-6 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Kristina MladenovicMladenovic – Nao HibinoHibino (7-5 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Samantha StosurStosur (6-0 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (7-5 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Jennifer BradyBrady – Madison BrengleBrengle (6-1 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (6-3 7-6⁴) – Score progression – Stats
• Kaja JuvanJuvan – Mayar SherifSherif (3-6 7-6² 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Daria GavrilovaGavrilova (6-1 7-6⁷) – Score progression – Stats
• Elise MertensMertens – Lin ZhuZhu (7-6⁸ 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Cori GauffGauff (6-4 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Donna VekicVekic – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (6-2 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Shelby RogersRogers – Olga DanilovicDanilovic (6-2 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Kaia KanepiKanepi – Sofia KeninKenin (6-3 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (6-4 1-6 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Mona BarthelBarthel (6-4 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Ons JabeurJabeur – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (6-3 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Sara ErraniErrani – Venus WilliamsWilliams (6-1 6-0) – Score progression – Stats
• Fiona FerroFerro – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-4 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Rebecca MarinoMarino (6-1 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
• Ann LiLi – Alize CornetCornet (6-2 7-6⁶) – Score progression – Stats
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-2 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Zarina DiyasDiyas – Bernarda PeraPera (6-4 3-6 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (5-7 6-2 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (7-6⁵ 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Simona HalepHalep – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (4-6 6-4 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Petra KvitovaKvitova (6-4 1-6 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Su-Wei HsiehHsieh – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (6-3 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (6-2 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-3 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Serena WilliamsWilliams – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (6-3 6-0) – Score progression – Stats
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Timea BabosBabos (6-2 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Eero VasaVasa (6-1 6-1) – Score progression – Stats

Upcoming matches

These are the upcoming matches of the Australian Open

• Ashleigh BartyBarty – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Shelby RogersRogers (2-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Belinda BencicBencic – Elise MertensMertens (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Kaia KanepiKanepi – Donna VekicVekic (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Jennifer BradyBrady – Kaja JuvanJuvan (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (2-5) – H2H – Prediction
• Su-Wei HsiehHsieh – Sara ErraniErrani (0-3) – H2H – Prediction
• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Zarina DiyasDiyas (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Ons JabeurJabeur – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Ann LiLi (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Serena WilliamsWilliams (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Fiona FerroFerro (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Simona HalepHalep (0-0) – H2H – Prediction