Nao Hibino and Astra Sharma will play each other in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11 am on Court 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nao Hibino who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nao Hibino is the pick to win this match.
Nao Hibino -> 1.78
Astra Sharma -> 2.08

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Prediction and head to head Nao Hibino vs. Astra Sharma

There is no head to head record between Nao Hibino and Astra Sharma since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Nao Hibino

Ranked no. 76, the Japanese will start her run at the Australian Open after she played her last match at the Paris where she lost 7-6(4) 6-4 to Jabeur in the 2nd round on the 1st of October.

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

Talking about her overall career, Hibino has an overall 275-207 record. She has a positive 206-146 record on hard.

Last year at the Australian Open

Hibino surrendered in the 2nd round to Maria Sakkari.

Astra Sharma

Ranked no. 132, Astra will start her run at the Melbourne after she played her last match in Melbourne where she lost 1-6 7-5 6-2 to Kanepi in the 1st round on the 31st of January.

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

In terms of her career, The Australian has an overall 114-65 record. She has a positive 69-43 record on hard.

Last year at the Australian Open

The Australian had to surrender in the 1st round to Anett Kontaveit.

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

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