PREDICTION, PREVIEW, H2H: Halep, Aiava, Kudermetova and Kuzmova to play on Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday – Melbourne Summer Set 1

ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Simona Halep, Destanee Aiava, Veronika Kudermetova and Viktoria Kuzmova are going to play on Wednesday at the Melbourne Summer Set 1 on Rod Laver Arena.

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Simona Halep vs. Destanee Aiava

Head to head 1-0 for Halep

Simona Halep will come up against Destanee Aiava in the 1^st round for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on Rod Laver Arena.

Simona Halep: ranking and results

Ranked no. 20, Simona will start her run in Melbourne after she played her last match in Linz where she lost w/o to Cristian in the semifinal on the 11^th of November.

Halep has a 0-0 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

Last year in Melbourne Halep didn’t play in Melbourne in 2021.

Destanee Aiava: ranking and results

Ranked no. 316, Aiava got to the 1^st round after beating Qiang Wang 7-6⁹ 6-4 and Taylah Preston 6-4 6-4.

Destanee has a 2-0 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Melbourne Aiava didn’t compete in Melbourne in 2021.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 2^nd time that Simona Halep and Destanee Aiava clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Previously, the last time when they played each other, Halep won 7-6(5) 6-1 in the 1^st round in Melbourne back in 2018.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Halep who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
Simona Halep -> 1.114
Destanee Aiava -> 6.9

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Veronika Kudermetova vs. Viktoria Kuzmova

Head to head 1-0 for Kudermetova

Veronika Kudermetova will face Viktoria Kuzmova in the 1^st round for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Rod Laver Arena.

Veronika Kudermetova: ranking and results

Ranked no. 31, Veronika will start her run in Melbourne after she played her last match in Linz where she lost 6-3 7-6⁵ to Cristian in the quarter on the 10^th of November.

Kudermetova has a 0-0 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

Last year in Melbourne Kudermetova didn’t play in Melbourne in 2021.

Viktoria Kuzmova: ranking and results

Ranked no. 162, the Slovakian reached the 1^st round after defeating Magdalena Frech 7-6⁷ 6-3 and Olga Govortsova 6-1 ret..

Viktoria has a 2-0 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Melbourne Kuzmova lost in the 1^st round 6-2 6-0 to Daria Saville.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 2^nd time that Veronika Kudermetova and Viktoria Kuzmova clash against each other. Their head to head is 1-0 for Kudermetova (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time they competed against each other, Kudermetova won 7-6(4) 7-6(5) in the 2^nd round in Gstaad back in 2018.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Veronika Kudermetova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Veronika Kudermetova is the pick to win this match.
Veronika Kudermetova -> 1.35
Viktoria Kuzmova -> 3.32

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Last Results

These are the last results of the Melbourne Summer Set 1

• Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Lauren DavisDavis (7-5 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Ana KonjuhKonjuh – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (6-4 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Arina RodionovaRodionova (6-3 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Maryna ZanevskaZanevska – Petra MarticMartic (6-3 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Kaia KanepiKanepi – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-7² 7-6⁷ 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Andrea PetkovicPetkovic – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-3 7-6³) – Score progression – Stats
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Alize CornetCornet (6-4 3-6 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Vera ZvonarevaZvonareva – Alison RiskeRiske (7-5 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Horacio ZeballosZeballos – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-4 0-6 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
• Janko TipsarevicTipsarevic – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (6-4 7-6⁵) – Score progression – Stats
• Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-3 4-6 7-6²) – Score progression – Stats
• Rogerio Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Joao SousaSousa (6-4 7-6⁵) – Score progression – Stats
• Steve JohnsonJohnson – Stephane RobertRobert (6-3 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Jared DonaldsonDonaldson – Victor EstrellaEstrella (6-2 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Mischa ZverevZverev – Robin HaaseHaase (5-7 7-6⁶ 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Kevin AndersonAnderson – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (7-5 7-6¹) – Score progression – Stats
• Franko SkugorSkugor – Tommy RobredoRobredo (3-6 6-3 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (6-2 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov – Thomaz BellucciBellucci (3-6 6-4 6-1) – Score progression – Stats

Upcoming matches

These are the upcoming matches of the Melbourne Summer Set 1

• Danka KovinicKovinic – Nao HibinoHibino (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Shuai ZhangZhang – Clara BurelBurel (2-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Viktoria KuzmovaKuzmova (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Madison BrengleBrengle – Nao HibinoHibino (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Lizette CabreraCabrera (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Anna BondarBondar – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Saisai ZhengZheng – Qinwen ZhengZheng (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Lesley KerkhoveKerkhove – Seone MendezMendez (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Destanee AiavaAiava – Simona HalepHalep (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Maryna ZanevskaZanevska (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Ana KonjuhKonjuh – Kaia KanepiKanepi (1-0) – H2H – Prediction