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PREDICTION, PREVIEW, H2H: Rybakina , Ostapenko, Pegula and Azarenka to play on Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday – Australian Open

MELBOURNE ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Elena Rybakina, Jelena Ostapenko, Jessica Pegula and Victoria Azarenka will play on Tuesday

Mark Hall

23 January 2023

Elena Rybakina-Jelena Ostapenko-Jessica Pegula-Victoria Azarenka Stats info

ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Elena Rybakina, Jelena Ostapenko, Jessica Pegula and Victoria Azarenka are going to play on Tuesday at the Australian Open on Rod Laver Arena.

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Elena Rybakina vs. Jelena Ostapenko

Head to head 2-0 for Ostapenko

Elena Rybakina will play Jelena Ostapenko in the quarter for the 3^rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on Rod Laver Arena.

Elena Rybakina: ranking and results

Ranked no. 25, the Kazakhstani got to the quarter after beating Elisabetta Cocciaretto 7-5 6-3, Kaja Juvan 6-2 6-1, Danielle Rose Collins 6-2 5-7 6-2 and Iga Swiatek 6-4 6-4.

Elena has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2023, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open The Kazakhstani reached the 2^nd round in 2022 in Melbourne before retiring against Shuai Zhang.

Jelena Ostapenko: ranking and results

Ranked no. 17, Jelena reached the quarter after defeating Dayana Yastremska 6-4 6-2, Anna Bondar 7-6⁵ 5-7 6-0, Kateryna Baindl 6-3 6-0 and Cori Gauff 7-5 6-3.

Ostapenko has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2023, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open Jelena had to surrender in the 3^rd round 2-6 6-4 6-4 to Barbora Krejcikova.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 3^rd time that Elena Rybakina and Jelena Ostapenko square off. Their current head to head is 2-0 for Ostapenko (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

Before, the last time they played, Ostapenko won 6-4 6-1 in the semifinal in Eastbourne back in 2021.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elena Rybakina who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elena Rybakina is the pick to win this match.
Elena Rybakina -> 1.53
Jelena Ostapenko -> 2.51

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Jessica Pegula vs. Victoria Azarenka

Head to head 2-2

Jessica Pegula will come up against Victoria Azarenka in the quarter for the 5^th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 7:00 pm on Rod Laver Arena.

Jessica Pegula: ranking and results

Ranked no. 3 (career high), Pegula reached the quarter after defeating Jaqueline Cristian 6-0 6-1, Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-2 7-6⁵, Marta Kostyuk 6-0 6-2 and Barbora Krejcikova 7-5 6-2.

The American has a 8-1 win-loss record in 2023, 8-1 on hard (See FULL STATS). Pegula’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Australia.

Last year at the Australian Open The American lost in the quarter 6-2 6-0 to Ashleigh Barty.

Victoria Azarenka: ranking and results

Ranked no. 24, the Belarussian got to the quarter after beating Sofia Kenin 6-4 7-6³, Nadia Podoroska 6-1 6-0, Madison Keys 1-6 6-2 6-1 and Lin Zhu 4-6 6-1 6-4.

Azarenka has a 6-2 win-loss record in 2023, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open Victoria surrendered in the 4^th round 6-2 6-2 to Barbora Krejcikova. Victoria conquered the title in Australian Open in 2012 and 2013.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 5^th time that Jessica Pegula and Victoria Azarenka face off. Their head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 2-1 for Pegula on hard.

The last time they locked horns, Pegula won 7-6(3) 6-1 in the semifinal in Guadalajara back in 2022.