In the first round of the Australian Open, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Camila Giorgi will play against each other. The match will start on January 17 at 00:00.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-1) for Pavlyuchenkova – 2.045.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 21 – 1.74.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – 2nd Set Games Under 9.35 – 1.74.
Pavlyuchenkova has been preparing purposefully for her return to the tour and will do her best today to prove herself once again at her best in Melbourne. Giorgi is now dealing with other issues, far from tennis. The game against Sorana Cirstea showed that Camila’s physical condition is not yet perfect. We think Pavlyuchenkova has a better chance of making the second round out of this pair.
Both tennis players are clearly far from their optimum form at the moment. Both Anastasia and Camila have had long matches at the start of the season, which is what we expect today in their head-to-head encounter.
Pavlyuchenkova is back on tour after a serious knee injury that forced her to miss seven months.
Last week, Anastasia played in a tournament in Adelaide. She was beaten in her first match against Jil Teichmann (5-7, 4-6).
Despite the result, Pavlyuchenkova showed good tennis. It was only her second match after a long break. In late December, the Russian played against Iga Swiatek (4-6, 3-6) at an exhibition tournament in Dubai.
Strangely enough, in the game against Swiatek, Pavlyuchenkova also looked very decent.
Pavlyuchenkova has reached the quarter-finals three times at the Australian Open.
Pavlyuchenkova played two matches before AO after seven months with a knee injury.
Giorgi, meanwhile, also played only one official match before the Australian Open.
She failed to qualify for her second tournament in Adelaide. Camila lost straight away to Sorana Cirstea (7-5, 4-6, 0-6), while dropping the second set 0-6.
Giorgi, like Pavlyuchenkova, also finished last season early. She has not played a match since losing to Madison Keys (4-6, 7-5, 6-7) in the second round of the US Open.
By the way, Giorgi now has to think about more than just tennis. At home, she is under investigation for falsified vaccination certificates.
Giorgi reached the third round of the Australian Open last year.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova’s Rating – 365
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Wins/Losses in 2022 – 0/1
Camila Giorgi’s Rating – 69
Camila Giorgi Wins/Losses in 2022 – 0/1
In four of Pavlyuchenkova’s last five matches, less than 9.5 games have been played in the second set. We offer to bet on “2nd Set Games Under 9.5” with odds of 1.74.
Pavlyuchenkova and Giorgi have never played against each other. It will be their first head-to-head encounter.
The match will be played in Court 6, Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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