PREDICTION, PREVIEW, H2H: Townsend, Alexandrova, Davis and Mertens to play on John Cain Arena on Thursday – Australian Open

ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Taylor Townsend, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Lauren Davis and Elise Mertens are going to play on Thursday at the Australian Open on John Cain Arena.

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Taylor Townsend vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova

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Taylor Townsend will face Ekaterina Alexandrova in the 2^nd round for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on John Cain Arena.

Taylor Townsend: ranking and results

Ranked no. 135, Taylor got to the 2^nd round after beating Diane Parry 6-1 6-1.

Townsend has a 1-2 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open Townsend didn’t play at the Australian Open in 2022.

Ekaterina Alexandrova: ranking and results

Ranked no. 18 (career high), Ekaterina got to the 2^nd round after beating Ysaline Bonaventure 6-2 6-1.

Alexandrova has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open Alexandrova lost in the 1^st round 7-5 6-3 to Bernarda Pera.

Head to head analysis

There is no head to head record between Taylor Townsend and Ekaterina Alexandrova 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 Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 2.83
Taylor Townsend -> 1.43

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Lauren Davis vs. Elise Mertens

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Lauren Davis will come up against Elise Mertens in the 2^nd round for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on John Cain Arena.

Lauren Davis: ranking and results

Ranked no. 57, Davis reached the 2^nd round after beating Danka Kovinic 1-6 7-5 6-1.

Lauren has a 9-1 win-loss record in 2023, 9-1 on hard (See FULL STATS). Davis’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Hobart.

Last year at the Australian Open The American surrendered in the 1^st round 7-5 6-2 to Tereza Martincova.

Elise Mertens: ranking and results

Ranked no. 32, the Belgian got to the 2^nd round after beating Garbine Muguruza 3-6 7-6³ 6-1.

Mertens has a 2-2 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open Mertens lost in the 4^th round 4-6 6-4 6-4 to Danielle Rose Collins.

Head to head analysis

There is no head to head record between Lauren Davis and Elise Mertens 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 Elise Mertens who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 2.05
Lauren Davis -> 1.77

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Last Results

These are the last results of the Australian Open

• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Kaja JuvanJuvan (6-2 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Lin ZhuZhu – Jil TeichmannTeichmann (6-2 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Cori GauffGauff – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (6-3 7-6⁴) – Score progression – Stats
• Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Clara BurelBurel (6-4 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Madison KeysKeys – Xinyu WangWang (6-3 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Bernarda PeraPera – Qinwen ZhengZheng (6-4 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Cristina BucsaBucsa – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (2-6 7-6⁷ 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Petra KvitovaKvitova (7-5 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Olivia GadeckiGadecki (6-2 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (6-2 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Anna BondarBondar (7-6⁵ 5-7 6-0) – Score progression – Stats
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (6-2 7-6⁵) – Score progression – Stats
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (3-6 7-5 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (6-1 6-0) – Score progression – Stats
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (6-7¹ 6-2 7-6⁶) – Score progression – Stats
• Kateryna BaindlBaindl – Caty McNallyMcNally (6-1 7-6⁴) – Score progression – Stats
• Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Bogdan Ionut ApostolIonut Apostol (7-6² 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Bogdan BorzaBorza – Francesco VilardoVilardo (6-4 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Laslo Urrutia FuentesUrrutia Fuentes – Calin MandaManda (6-4 6-4) – Score progression – Stats

Upcoming matches

These are the upcoming matches of the Australian Open

• Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Lucrezia StefaniniStefanini (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (1-5) – H2H – Prediction
• Shuai ZhangZhang – Petra MarticMartic (1-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Katie VolynetsVolynets – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Magda LinetteLinette (3-4) – H2H – Prediction
• Taylor TownsendTownsend – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (1-3) – H2H – Prediction
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Caroline GarciaGarcia (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Shelby RogersRogers (2-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Lauren DavisDavis – Elise MertensMertens (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Claire LiuLiu – Belinda BencicBencic (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Donna VekicVekic – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Kimberly BirrellBirrell – (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Ons JabeurJabeur (1-3) – H2H – Prediction
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Cristina BucsaBucsa (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Kateryna KozlovaKozlova – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (3-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Bernarda PeraPera – Cori GauffGauff (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Marta KostyukKostyuk (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Madison KeysKeys – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (0-3) – H2H – Prediction
• Lin ZhuZhu – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-1) – H2H – Prediction