PREDICTION, PREVIEW, H2H: Sabalenka, Seidel, Sakkari and Hibino to play on Rod Laver Arena on Sunday – Australian Open

ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Aryna Sabalenka, Ella Seidel, Maria Sakkari and Nao Hibino are going to compete on Sunday at the Australian Open on Rod Laver Arena.

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Aryna Sabalenka vs. Ella Seidel

Head to head 0-0

Aryna Sabalenka will fight against Ella Seidel in the 1^st round for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 10:00 pm on Rod Laver Arena.

Aryna Sabalenka: ranking and results

Ranked no. 2, Sabalenka will start her run in Melbourne after she played her last match in Brisbane where she lost to Rybakina in the final on the 7^th of January.

Sabalenka has a 4-1 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Aryna’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Brisbane.

Last year at the Australian Open The Belarussian conquered the title last year in Melbourne after defeating Elena Rybakina 4-6 6-3 6-4. Sabalenka conquered the title at the Australian Open in 2023.

Ella Seidel: ranking and results

Ranked no. 172 (career high), Seidel reached the 1^st round after defeating Elizabeth Mandlik 6-3 2-6 6-4, Francesca Jones 6-3 6-7⁵ 4-4 ret. and Hailey Baptiste 6-0 6-4.

The German has a 6-1 win-loss record in 2024, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open Seidel didn’t play at the Australian Open in 2023.

Head to head analysis

There is no head to head record between Aryna Sabalenka and Ella Seidel since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

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 -> 1.011
Ella Seidel -> 15.75

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Maria Sakkari vs. Nao Hibino

Head to head 1-0 for Sakkari

Maria Sakkari will play Nao Hibino in the 1^st round for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 3:00 pm on Rod Laver Arena.

Maria Sakkari: ranking and results

Ranked no. 8, will start her run in Melbourne after she played her last match in Australia where she defeated to Kerber in the quarter on the 5^th of January.

Sakkari has a 3-0 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open The Greek lost in the 3^rd round 7-6(3) 1-6 6-4 to Lin Zhu.

Nao Hibino: ranking and results

Ranked no. 92, Nao will start her run in Melbourne after she played her last match in Hobart where she lost to Putintseva in the qualifications on the 6^th of January.

Hibino has a 2-2 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the Australian Open Nao lost in the qualifications 7-6(10) 6-2 to Cristina Bucsa.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 2^nd time that Maria Sakkari and Nao Hibino play each other. Their current record is 1-0 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time they fought against each other, Sakkari won 7-6(4) 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Melbourne back in 2020.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maria Sakkari who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Maria Sakkari is the pick to win this match.
Maria Sakkari -> 1.076
Nao Hibino -> 8.2

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Last Results

These are the last results of the Australian Open

• Arjun KadheKadhe – Dzmitry ZhyrmontZhyrmont (6-2 3-3 ret.) – Score progression – Stats
• Duckhee LeeLee – Sagadat AyapAyap (6-4 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Khumoun SultanovSultanov – Farrukh DustovDustov (6-4 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Yannick JankovitsJankovits – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-3 7-6⁴) – Score progression – Stats
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Yannick MertensMertens (7-5 6-0) – Score progression – Stats
• Aleksandr NedovyesovNedovyesov – Ivan NedelkoNedelko (7-6² 5-7 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Mikhail YouzhnyYouzhny – Alejandro GonzalezGonzalez (6-3 2-6 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Alexander BublikBublik (5-7 6-3 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Timur KhabibulinKhabibulin (7-5 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Ivan GakhovGakhov – Hiroyasu EharaEhara (6-3 7-6⁵) – Score progression – Stats
• Pavel KotovKotov – Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo (7-6⁸ 4-6 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
• Maxime JanvierJanvier – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-4 6-2) – Score progression – Stats
• Daniel BrandsBrands – Cem IlkelIlkel (6-0 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Saketh-Sai MyneniMyneni – Aldin SetkicSetkic (7-6⁵ 4-6 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Egor GerasimovGerasimov – David GuezGuez (7-6⁶ 6-3) – Score progression – Stats

Upcoming matches

These are the upcoming matches of the Australian Open

• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Sofia KeninKenin (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Angelique KerberKerber (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Fiona FerroFerro – Mccartney KesslerKessler (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Kayla DayDay – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Jaqueline CristianCristian – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Petra MarticMartic – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (2-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Greetje MinnenMinnen – Clara TausonTauson (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (2-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Emma NavarroNavarro – Xiyu WangWang (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Lulu SunSun (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Yanina WickmayerWickmayer – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (1-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (3-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Cristina BucsaBucsa – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Tatjana MariaMaria – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Arantxa RusRus (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Katie VolynetsVolynets (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Sloane StephensStephens – Olivia GadeckiGadecki (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Peyton StearnsStearns – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Qinwen ZhengZheng – (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Katie BoulterBoulter – Yue YuanYuan (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Shelby RogersRogers (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Yafan WangWang – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Lin ZhuZhu – Oceane DodinDodin (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Aleksandra KrunicKrunic – Clara BurelBurel (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Rebecca MarinoMarino – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Nao HibinoHibino (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Claire LiuLiu (2-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Mayar SherifSherif – Elise MertensMertens (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Magda LinetteLinette – Caroline WozniackiWozniacki (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Alize CornetCornet – (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Magdalena FrechFrech – Daria GavrilovaGavrilova (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Anastasia ZakharovaZakharova (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Kaja JuvanJuvan – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Alycia ParksParks – Daria SnigurSnigur (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Caroline DolehideDolehide – Leolia JeanjeanJeanjean (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Cori GauffGauff (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Ons JabeurJabeur – Yulia StarodubtsewaStarodubtsewa (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Emina BektasBektas (1-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Diane ParryParry – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Laura SiegemundSiegemund (2-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Storm SandersSanders – Sara ErraniErrani (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch – Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage (2-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Mai HontamaHontama – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (0-2) – H2H – Prediction
• Taylor TownsendTownsend – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Donna VekicVekic (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Rebeka MasarovaMasarova – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Ana BogdanBogdan – (0-0) – H2H – Prediction