Aryna Sabalenka, Elina Svitolina, and Cori Gauff are the top seeds and among the top favorites to win the WTA tournament that will be staged the next week in Adelaide.
The tournament is played right before the Australian Open and there could be chances that some top players may withdraw on the way if they incur a light injury. Nevertheless, the line after is quite interesting.
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Aryna Sabalenka in 2022
Ranked world no.2 (career-high), Aryna played her last match on the 5th of January when she was overcome by world no.100 Kaja Juvan 7-6(6) 6-1 in the 2nd round in Adelaide (draw).
Presently, during this year Sabalenka owns a compiled 0-1 record.
Elina Svitolina in 2022
LWWLWLWWLW Currently ranked no.15, the Ukrainian played her last match on the 4th of January when she was overcome by world no.130 Anastasia Gasanova 5-7 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in Adelaide (draw).
At the moment, during this season the Ukrainian has a compiled 0-1 win-loss record.
Aryna Sabalenka and Elina Svitolina faced off only 2 times. Their current head to head is 1-1. The last time they squared off, Elina Svitolina won 6-2 4-6 6-4 in the semifinal in Strasbourg (Internationaux de Strasbourg) in September 2020.
You can see them in action in the following highlights.
Cori Gauff in 2022
Now the world no.22, Cori played her last match on the 5th of January when she was defeated by world no.1 Ashleigh Barty 4-6 7-5 6-1 in the 2nd round in Adelaide (draw).
At the moment, during this season Gauff has a 1-1 match record.
