ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Naomi Osaka, Garbine Muguruza, Serena Williams and Simona Halep are going to play on Sunday at the Australian Open on Rod Laver Arena.
Naomi Osaka vs. Garbine Muguruza
Head to head 0-0
Naomi Osaka will play Garbine Muguruza in the 4th round for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11 am on Rod Laver Arena.
Naomi Osaka: ranking and results
Ranked no. 3, Osaka reached the 4th round after beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1 6-2, Caroline Garcia 6-2 6-3 and Ons Jabeur 6-3 6-2.
The Japanese has a 6-0 win-loss record in 2021, 6-0 on hard (See FULL STATS). The Japanese’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Melbourne.
Last year at the Australian Open Naomi had to surrender in the 3rd round 6-3 6-4 to Cori Gauff. Osaka won the title at the Australian Open in 1 and 2019.
Garbine Muguruza: ranking and results
Ranked no. 14, Muguruza reached the 4th round after beating Margarita Gasparyan 6-4 6-0, Liudmila Samsonova 6-3 6-1 and Zarina Diyas 6-1 6-1.
The Spaniard has a 9-2 win-loss record in 2021, 9-2 on hard (See FULL STATS). Garbine’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Melbourne.
Last year at the Australian Open The Spaniard surrendered in the final 4-6 6-2 6-2 to Sofia Kenin.
Head to head analysis
There is no head to head record between Naomi Osaka and Garbine Muguruza since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Naomi Osaka who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Naomi Osaka is the pick to win this match.
Naomi Osaka -> 1.65
Garbine Muguruza -> 2.35
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Serena Williams vs. Aryna Sabalenka
Head to head 0-0
Serena Williams will compete against Aryna Sabalenka in the 4th round for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1 pm on Rod Laver Arena.
Serena Williams: ranking and results
Ranked no. 11, the American got to the 4th round after beating Laura Siegemund 6-1 6-1, Nina Stojanovic 6-3 6-0 and Anastasia Potapova 7-65 6-2.
The American has a 6-0 win-loss record in 2021, 6-0 on hard (See FULL STATS). Serena’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Melbourne.
Last year at the Australian Open Williams lost in the 3rd round 6-4 6-7(2) 7-5 to Qiang Wang. The American conquered the title at the Australian Open in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015 and 2017.
Aryna Sabalenka: ranking and results
Ranked no. 7 (career high), Sabalenka reached the 4th round after defeating Viktoria Kuzmova 6-0 6-4, Daria Kasatkina 7-65 6-3 and Ann Li 6-3 6-1.
Aryna has a 9-1 win-loss record in 2021, 9-1 on hard (See FULL STATS). Her best result of the current year was conquering the titlein Abu Dhabi where she overcame Veronika Kudermetova in the final 6-2 6-2.
Last year at the Australian Open The Belarussian lost in the 1st round 7-6(6) 7-6(6) to Carla Suarez Navarro.
Head to head analysis
There is no head to head record between Serena Williams and Aryna Sabalenka since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 2.03
Serena Williams -> 1.86
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Simona Halep vs. Iga Swiatek
Head to head 1-1
Simona Halep will take on Iga Swiatek in the 4th round for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 7 pm on Rod Laver Arena.
Simona Halep: ranking and results
Ranked no. 2, Simona reached the 4th round after beating Lizette Cabrera 6-2 6-1, Ajla Tomljanovic 4-6 6-4 7-5 and Veronika Kudermetova 6-1 6-3.
The Romanian has a 5-1 win-loss record in 2021, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open Simona lost in the semifinal 7-6(8) 7-5 to Garbine Muguruza.
Iga Swiatek: ranking and results
Ranked no. 17 (career high), Swiatek got to the 4th round after beating Arantxa Rus 6-1 6-3, Camila Giorgi 6-2 6-4 and Fiona Ferro 6-4 6-3.
The Pole has a 4-1 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open The Pole lost in the 4th round 6-7(4) 7-5 7-5 to Anett Kontaveit.
Head to head analysis
This will be the 3rd time that Simona Halep and Iga Swiatek clash against each other. Their record is 1-1 for Halep and Swiatek (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
Previously, the last time when they locked horns, Swiatek won 6-1 6-2 in the 4th round in Paris back in 2020.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Halep who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
Simona Halep -> 1.64
Iga Swiatek -> 2.375
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Last Results
These are the last results of the Australian Open
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (7-5 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
- Elise MertensMertens – Belinda BencicBencic (6-2 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-2 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-2 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
- Donna VekicVekic – Kaia KanepiKanepi (5-7 7-62 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-4 6-0) – Score progression – Stats
- Jennifer BradyBrady – Kaja JuvanJuvan (6-1 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
- Shelby RogersRogers – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (6-4 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
- Su-Wei HsiehHsieh – Sara ErraniErrani (6-4 2-6 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
- Serena WilliamsWilliams – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (7-65 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Zarina DiyasDiyas (6-1 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Ann LiLi (6-3 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-3 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Fiona FerroFerro (6-4 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-2 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
- Simona HalepHalep – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-1 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
Upcoming matches
These are the upcoming matches of the Australian Open
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Shelby RogersRogers (2-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Donna VekicVekic – Jennifer BradyBrady (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
- Su-Wei HsiehHsieh – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Serena WilliamsWilliams (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Simona HalepHalep (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
