Aryna Sabalenka and Magda Linette will face off in the 1st round of the Olympics for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on Court 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.082
Magda Linette -> 8.5
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Â
Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Magda Linette
This will be the 2nd time that Aryna Sabalenka and Magda Linette face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Sabalenka won 6-1 6-3 in the 2nd round in Tianjin back in 2018.
Aryna Sabalenka
Ranked no. 3 (career-high), Aryna will start her run in Olympics after she played her last match at the London where she lost 5-7 6-4 6-4 to Pliskova in the semifinal on the 8th of July.
Aryna has a composed 34-11 win-loss record in 2021, 14-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current year was winning the title in in Abu Dhabi where she beat Veronika Kudermetova in the final 6-2 6-2 and in in Madrid where she overcame Ashleigh Barty in the final 6-0 3-6 6-4.
Talking about her overall career, Sabalenka has an overall 219-111 record. She has a positive 124-55 record on hard.
Previously in Olympics
The Belarussian has never competed in this tournament before.
Magda Linette
Ranked no. 45, Linette will start her run in Tokyo after she played her last match at the London where she lost 5-7 6-2 6-4 to Badosa in the 3rd round on the 3rd of July.
Magda has a composed 8-9 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Magda’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Strasbourg.
In terms of her career, Linette has an overall 209-201 record. She has a positive 122-106 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
WWWWWLWWWW
LWLWLWWWWL Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Kristina MladenovicMladenovic (6-74 6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Samantha StosurStosur (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam – Heather WatsonWatson (7-65 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Zarina DiyasDiyas (5-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nina StojanovicStojanovic – Nao HibinoHibino (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-3 3-6 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Sara ErraniErrani (6-0 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Mona BarthelBarthel (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Yuuya KibiKibi (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Denis IstominIstomin – Robin StanekStanek (6-0 6-73 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel MasurMasur – Djurabeck KarimovKarimov (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander BublikBublik – Sergey BetovBetov (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sanjar FayzievFayziev – Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexey VatutinVatutin – Jeremy JahnJahn (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Andrey GolubevGolubev (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Ti ChenChen (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rebecca PetersonRebecca – Mayar SherifMayar (7-5 7-6(1)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fiona FerroFerro – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Belinda BencicBencic – Jessica PegulaPegula (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Misaki DoiDoi – Renata ZarazuaZarazua (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Magda LinetteLinette (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Donna VekicVekic (4-4) – H2H and prediction
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ivana JorovicJorovic – Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Veronica Cepede RoygCepede Royg – Qiang WangWang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Alize CornetCornet (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carla Suarez NavarroSuarez Navarro – Ons JabeurJabeur (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Elena VesninaVesnina (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Jennifer BradyBrady (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yaroslava ShvedovaShvedova – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Elise MertensMertens (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kiki BertensBertens – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mihaela BuzarnescuBuzarnescu – Alison RiskeRiske (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Saisai ZhengZheng – Naomi OsakaOsaka (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Anna-Lena FriedsamFriedsam – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rebecca PetersonPeterson – Elena RybakinaRybakina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Nina StojanovicStojanovic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (0-0) – H2H and prediction
