PREDICTION, PREVIEW, H2H: Kenin, Kanepi, Bencic and Stosur to play on Margaret Court Arena on Thursday – Australian Open

ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Sofia Kenin, Kaia Kanepi, Belinda Bencic and Samantha Stosur are going to play on Thursday at the Australian Open on Margaret Court Arena.

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Sofia Kenin vs. Kaia Kanepi

Head to head 1-0 for Kanepi

Sofia Kenin will fight against Kaia Kanepi in the 2^nd round for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1 pm on Margaret Court Arena.

Sofia Kenin: ranking and results

Ranked no. 4 (career high), Sofia reached the 2^nd round after defeating Maddison Inglis 7-5 6-4.

Kenin has a 6-2 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open Kenin won the title last year in Melbourne after defeating Garbine Muguruza 4-6 6-2 6-2. The American won the title at the Australian Open in 2020.

Kaia Kanepi: ranking and results

Ranked no. 65, Kanepi got to the 2^nd round after beating Anastasija Sevastova 6-3 6-1.

The Estonian has a 5-1 win-loss record in 2021, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS). Kaia’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Melbourne.

Last year at the Australian Open The Estonian lost in the 1^st round 7-6(3) 2-6 6-3 to Barbora Krejcikova.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 2^nd time that Sofia Kenin and Kaia Kanepi square off. Their record is 1-0 for Kanepi (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

Previously, the last time they locked horns, Kanepi won 2-6 6-2 6-2 in the qualifications in Rome back in 2018.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sofia Kenin who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sofia Kenin is the pick to win this match.
Sofia Kenin -> 1.31
Kaia Kanepi -> 3.58

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Belinda Bencic vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova

Head to head 3-2 for Bencic

Belinda Bencic will fight against Svetlana Kuznetsova in the 2^nd round for the 6^th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11 am on Margaret Court Arena.

Belinda Bencic: ranking and results

Ranked no. 12, Belinda got to the 2^nd round after beating Lauren Davis 6-3 4-6 6-1.

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

Last year at the Australian Open The Swiss lost in the 3^rd round 6-0 6-1 to Anett Kontaveit.

Svetlana Kuznetsova: ranking and results

Ranked no. 37, the Russian reached the 2^nd round after beating Barbora Strycova 6-2 6-2.

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

Last year at the Australian Open The Russian surrendered in the 2^nd round 6-3 6-1 to Camila Giorgi.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 6^th time that Belinda Bencic and Svetlana Kuznetsova square off. The head to head is 3-2 for Bencic (see full H2H stats), but Kuznetsova leads 2-1 on hard.

Previously, the last time they fought against each other, Kuznetsova won 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Doha back in 2020.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Belinda Bencic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Belinda Bencic is the pick to win this match.
Belinda Bencic -> 1.79
Svetlana Kuznetsova -> 2.07

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Samantha Stosur vs. Jessica Pegula

Head to head 1-1

Samantha Stosur will take on Jessica Pegula in the 2^nd round for the 3^rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10 pm on Margaret Court Arena.

Samantha Stosur: ranking and results

Ranked no. 112, Stosur reached the 2^nd round after defeating Destanee Aiava 6-4 6-4.

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

Last year at the Australian Open The Australian lost in the 1^st round 6-1 6-4 to Caty McNally.

Jessica Pegula: ranking and results

Ranked no. 61, Jessica reached the 2^nd round after defeating Victoria Azarenka 7-5 6-4.

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

Last year at the Australian Open Pegula lost in the 1^st round 6-4 7-6(5) to Taylor Townsend.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 3^rd time that Samantha Stosur and Jessica Pegula play each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 for Pegula on hard.

The last time they played each other, Stosur won 6-3 6-1 in the 1^st round in Strasbourg back in 2019.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 4.5
Samantha Stosur -> 1.22

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Last Results

These are the last results of the Australian Open

• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Rebecca MarinoMarino (6-1 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
• Simona HalepHalep – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (4-6 6-4 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
• Serena WilliamsWilliams – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (6-3 6-0) – Score progression – Stats
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (7-6⁵ 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Timea BabosBabos (6-2 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (5-7 6-2 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (6-2 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Zarina DiyasDiyas – Bernarda PeraPera (6-4 3-6 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Su-Wei HsiehHsieh – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (6-3 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Ons JabeurJabeur – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (6-3 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Petra KvitovaKvitova (6-4 1-6 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-2 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Sara ErraniErrani – Venus WilliamsWilliams (6-1 6-0) – Score progression – Stats
• Ann LiLi – Alize CornetCornet (6-2 7-6⁶) – Score progression – Stats
• Fiona FerroFerro – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-4 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-3 6-1) – 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 – Daria GavrilovaGavrilova (3-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Heather WatsonWatson (3-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Shelby RogersRogers – Olga DanilovicDanilovic (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Belinda BencicBencic – Svetlana KuznetsovaKuznetsova (3-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Lin ZhuZhu – Elise MertensMertens (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Mona BarthelBarthel (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Sofia KeninKenin – Kaia KanepiKanepi (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Donna VekicVekic (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Jennifer BradyBrady – Madison BrengleBrengle (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Mayar SherifSherif – Kaja JuvanJuvan (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Samantha StosurStosur (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Nao HibinoHibino – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (3-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Cori GauffGauff – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-0) – 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