PREDICTION, PREVIEW, H2H: Kyrgios, Thiem, Schwartzman and Karatsev to play on John Cain Arena on Friday – Australian Open

ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Nick Kyrgios, Dominic Thiem, Diego Sebastian Schwartzman and Aslan Karatsev are going to compete on Friday at the Australian Open on John Cain Arena.

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Nick Kyrgios vs. Dominic Thiem

Head to head 1-0 for Thiem

Nick Kyrgios will compete against Dominic Thiem in the 3^rd round for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7 pm on John Cain Arena.

Nick Kyrgios: ranking and results

Ranked no. 47, the Australian reached the 3^rd round after beating Frederico Ferreira Silva 6-4 6-4 6-4 and Ugo Humbert 5-7 6-4 3-6 7-6² 6-4.

Kyrgios has a 4-1 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open The Australian lost in the 4^th round 6-3 3-6 7-6(6) 7-6(4) to Rafael Nadal.

Dominic Thiem: ranking and results

Ranked no. 3 (career high), the Austrian got to the 3^rd round after beating Mikhail Kukushkin 7-6² 6-2 6-3 and Dominik Koepfer 6-4 6-0 6-2.

Dominic has a 3-1 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open The Austrian lost in the final 6-4 4-6 2-6 6-3 6-4 to Novak Djokovic.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 2^nd time that Nick Kyrgios and Dominic Thiem play each other. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Thiem (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time they fought against each other, Thiem won 4-3 ret. in the 2^nd round in Nice back in 2015.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dominic Thiem who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Dominic Thiem is the pick to win this match.
Dominic Thiem -> 4.2
Nick Kyrgios -> 1.26

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Diego Sebastian Schwartzman vs. Aslan Karatsev

Head to head 0-0

Diego Sebastian Schwartzman will face Aslan Karatsev in the 3^rd round for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3k pm on John Cain Arena.

Diego Sebastian Schwartzman: ranking and results

Ranked no. 9, the Argentine reached the 3^rd round after beating Elias Ymer 7-6³ 6-4 2-6 6-2 and Alexandre Muller 6-2 6-0 6-3.

Diego has a 3-1 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open The Argentine surrendered in the 4^th round 6-3 6-4 6-4 to Novak Djokovic.

Aslan Karatsev: ranking and results

Ranked no. 114, Aslan got to the 3^rd round after defeating Gianluca Mager 6-3 6-3 6-4 and Egor Gerasimov 6-0 6-1 6-0.

Karatsev has a 5-0 win-loss record in 2021, 5-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open Aslan didn’t compete at the Australian Open in 2020.

Head to head analysis

There is no head to head record between Diego Sebastian Schwartzman and Aslan Karatsev 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 Diego Sebastian Schwartzman who should win in 4 sets.

As per the initial odds, Diego Sebastian Schwartzman is the pick to win this match.
Diego Sebastian Schwartzman -> 1.38
Aslan Karatsev -> 3.26

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Last Results

These are the last results of the Australian Open

• Fabio FogniniFognini – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (4-6 6-2 2-6 6-3 7-6¹²) – Score progression – Stats
• Casper RuudRuud – Tommy PaulPaul (3-6 6-2 6-4 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-2 1-6 6-3 6-7⁵ 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-2 7-5 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (3-6 7-5 6-3 7-6³) – Score progression – Stats
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-2 7-5 7-6⁸) – Score progression – Stats
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Richard BerankisBerankis (6-2 6-4 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-7⁵ 6-4 6-1 6-7⁵ 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Andrey RublevRublev – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-4 6-4 7-6⁸) – Score progression – Stats
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Pablo AndujarAndujar (6-2 5-7 6-1 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Feliciano LopezLopez – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (5-7 3-6 6-3 7-5 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Rafael NadalNadal – Michael MmohMmoh (6-1 6-4 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Mikael YmerYmer – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (2-6 6-4 6-4 7-6⁵) – Score progression – Stats
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Borna CoricCoric (6-4 6-2 4-6 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-3 6-3 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 6-2 4-6 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 6-1 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-2 6-0 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Maxime CressyCressy (7-5 6-4 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-7¹ 6-1 6-1 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Ugo HumbertHumbert (5-7 6-4 3-6 7-6² 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 7-6⁴ 4-6 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-1 6-2 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (1-6 6-3 6-2 7-6⁵) – Score progression – Stats
• Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-0 6-1 6-0) – Score progression – Stats
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (6-4 6-0 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (7-5 6-1 4-6 2-6 7-6⁹) – Score progression – Stats
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Bernard TomicTomic (6-1 6-3 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-3 7-6³ 2-6 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Alex BoltBolt (7-6¹ 6-1 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-3 6-7³ 7-6² 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (4-6 7-6⁶ 6-7⁴ 7-6⁵ 6-2) – Score progression – Stats

Upcoming matches

These are the upcoming matches of the Australian Open

• Fabio FogniniFognini – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (2-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-5) – H2H – Prediction
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (4-3) – H2H – Prediction
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Milos RaonicRaonic (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-3) – H2H – Prediction
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Rafael NadalNadal (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Andrey RublevRublev – Feliciano LopezLopez (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Mikael YmerYmer (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (3-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – Radu AlbotAlbot (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (0-1) – H2H – Prediction