Aryna Sabalenka and Polona Hercog will face off in the 1st round of the Abu Dhabi Tennis Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on Centre Court. 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 Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.21
Polona Hercog -> 4.65
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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Polona Hercog
This will be the 3rd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Polona Hercog clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Sabalenka and Hercog (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Sabalenka won 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Lugano back in 2018.
Aryna Sabalenka
Ranked no. 10, Sabalenka will start her run in Abu Dhabi after she won the title in Linz after beating 7-5 6-2 Mertens in the final.
This will be the first match of the season on hard.
The Belarussian won her last 9 matches.
Talking about her overall career, Aryna has an overall 185-100 record. She has a positive 110-50 record on hard.
Last year in Abu Dhabi
Sabalenka didn’t compete in Abu Dhabi in 2020.
Polona Hercog
Ranked no. 49, Polona will start her run in Abu Dhabi after she played her last match in the W100+H Dubai where she lost 7-5 4-6 7-5 to Cirstea in the semifinal on the 11th of December.
This will be the first match of the year on hard.
In terms of her career, The Slovenian has an overall 413-288 record. She has a negative 106-130 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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