Serena Williams and Daria Gavrilova will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Yarra Valley Classic for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3 pm on Margaret Court Arena. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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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 -> 1.123
Daria Gavrilova -> 6.6
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Prediction and head to head Serena Williams vs. Daria Gavrilova
This will be the 4th time that Serena Williams and Daria Gavrilova square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Williams (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Williams won 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Rio de Janeiro back in 2016.
Serena Williams
Ranked no. 11,she will start her run in Melbourne after she played her last match in Adelaide where she defeated 6-2 2-6 10-7 to Osaka in the semifinal on the 29th of January.
This will be the first match of the year on hard.
Talking about her overall career, The American has an overall 635-104 record. She has a positive 370-58 record on hard.
Last year in Melbourne
Serena capitulated in the 3rd round to Qiang Wang.
Daria Gavrilova
Ranked no. 451, the Australian reached the 1st round after defeating Viktoria Kuzmova 6-2 6-0.
In the 1st round, Daria had a good straight sets win against Kuzmova (6-2 6-0). During the match Gavrilova scored 58 points vs Kuzmova’s 31. Gavrilova was extremely aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Talking about serving, Gavrilova made 4 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Daria Gavrilova was very effective on serve to win 76% (16/21) of her 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Gavrilova broke Kuzmova 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
The Australian has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Melbourne
Daria didn’t compete in Melbourne in 2020.
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Melbourne
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Mathieu PerchicotPerchicot (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis (6-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Jorge Lopez Perez FusterLopez Perez Fuster (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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