PREDICTION, PREVIEW, H2H: Hercog, Gasparyan, Kovinic and Begu to play on Sunday – Gippsland Trophy

MELBOURNE ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Polona Hercog, Margarita Gasparyan, Danka Kovinic and Irina-Camelia Begu will play on Sunday

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ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Polona Hercog, Margarita Gasparyan, Danka Kovinic and Irina-Camelia Begu are going to compete on Sunday at the Gippsland Trophy.

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Polona Hercog vs. Margarita Gasparyan Gippsland Trophy

Polona Hercog vs. Margarita Gasparyan

Head to head 1-0 for Gasparyan

Polona Hercog will fight against Margarita Gasparyan in the 1st round for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2.30 pm on Court 8.

Polona Hercog: ranking and results

Ranked no. 49, the Slovenian will start her run in Melbourne after she played her last match in Abu Dhabi where she lost 7-65 6-2 to Sabalenka in the 1st round on the 7th of January.

Hercog has a 0-1 win-loss record in 2021, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Margarita Gasparyan: ranking and results

Ranked no. 125, Gasparyan will start her run in Melbourne after she played her last match in Dubai where she lost 6-3 7-5 to Pironkova in the qualifications on the 13th of January.

The Russian has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Head to head analysis

This will be the 2nd time that Polona Hercog and Margarita Gasparyan clash against each other. Their head to head is 1-0 for Gasparyan (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Previously, the last time when they competed against each other, Gasparyan won 6-2 6-4 in the qualifications in New Haven back in 2018.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Polona Hercog who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Polona Hercog is the pick to win this match.
Polona Hercog -> 1.33
Margarita Gasparyan -> 3.44

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Danka Kovinic vs. Tamara Zidansek Gippsland Trophy

Danka Kovinic vs. Tamara Zidansek

Head to head 0-0

Danka Kovinic will compete against Tamara Zidansek in the 1st round for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2.30 pm on Court 7.

Danka Kovinic: ranking and results

Ranked no. 77, Kovinic will start her run in Melbourne after she played her last match in Abu Dhabi where she lost 6-4 6-1 to Muchova in the 1st round on the 7th of January.

Kovinic has a 0-1 win-loss record in 2021, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Tamara Zidansek: ranking and results

Ranked no. 88, Tamara will start her run in Melbourne after she played her last match in Abu Dhabi where she lost 6-1 6-1 to Kostyuk in the 3rd round on the 10th of January.

Zidansek has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Head to head analysis

There is no head to head record between Danka Kovinic and Tamara Zidansek 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 Tamara Zidansek who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Tamara Zidansek is the pick to win this match.
Tamara Zidansek -> 2.7
Danka Kovinic -> 1.49

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Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Saisai Zheng Gippsland Trophy

Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Saisai Zheng

Head to head 2-0 for Zheng

Irina-Camelia Begu will compete against Saisai Zheng in the 1st round for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 6.30 pm on Court 8.

Irina-Camelia Begu: ranking and results

Ranked no. 79, Begu will start her run in Melbourne after she played her last match in Linz where she lost 6-4 6-4 to Podoroska in the 1st round on the 11th of November.

The Romanian has a 0-0 win-loss record in 2021, 0-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on hard.

Saisai Zheng: ranking and results

Ranked no. 42, will start her run in Melbourne after she played her last match in Fed Cup, Group I, Asia/Oceania where she beat 6-1 6-0 to Jeong Jang in the Rubber 1 on the 7th of March.

Zheng has a 0-0 win-loss record in 2021, 0-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the season on hard.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 3rd time that Irina-Camelia Begu and Saisai Zheng clash against each other. Their current head to head is 2-0 for Zheng (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time they competed against each other, Zheng won 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in Hua Hin back in 2019.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Irina-Camelia Begu who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Irina-Camelia Begu is the pick to win this match.
Irina-Camelia Begu -> 1.66
Saisai Zheng -> 2.28

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Upcoming matches

These are the upcoming matches of the Gippsland Trophy