Australian Open final match between Elena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka. The match will start on January 28 at 08:30.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-2) for Rybakina – 2.528.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 22 – 1.63.
Both finalists are in great form, quite stable and confident in their serves. Psychology and willingness to win such an important trophy will decide a lot today. Sabalenka has an advantage in head-to-head encounters. It’s clearly hard for Rybakina to withstand her onslaught and pressure throughout the match against Aryna. However, we think in a tough fight today the title will go to Rybakina.
You can’t expect the final match to be over quickly tonight. The Australian Open title is on the line after all. On top of that, all the head-to-head matches between the two girls have been decided by winning sets.
Rybakina reached the finals of a Grand Slam tournament for the second time. Last year, she became the Wimbledon champion.
The current tournament Elena started with a victory over Elisabetta Cacciaretto (7:5, 6:3).
After thatб the tennis player from Kazakhstan easily defeated Kaja Juvan (6:2, 6:1).
In the third round, she managed to stop Danielle Collins (6-2, 5-7, 6-2). It’s the only match so far in which Elena lost a set.
The key match was a victory over Iga Swiatek (6-4, 6-4) in the fourth round. In this match, Rybakina was playing perfectly on her serve.
In the quarterfinals, Elena easily stopped Jelena Ostapenko (6:2, 6:4).
In the semi-finals, Victoria Azarenka was defeated (7:6, 6:3). Despite the fact that here, too, Rybakina had enough of two sets, the match was quite nervous, especially in the first set.
Elena Rybakina has won four straight matches against top-10 tennis players.
Sabalenka, meanwhile, reached the final of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. This will make her the second racket in the world.
Aryna has not dropped a single set so far and her winning streak now stands at ten matches. Earlier this month, she took the title in Adelaide.
Sabalenka defeated Teresa Martincova (6-1, 6-4) in her first match, followed by wins over Shelby Rogers (6-3, 6-1) and Elise Mertens (6-2, 6-3).
Sabalenka defeated Belinda Bencic (7-5, 6-2) in the fourth round and Donna Vekic (6-3, 6-2) in the quarter-finals.
In the semi-finals, Aryna defeated Magda Linette (7-6, 6-2). The Polish player played the first set well, reaching the tie-break, but took only two games in the second set.
Aryna Sabalenka has won her last ten matches in two sets.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 7/10
Elena Rybakina’s Rating – 25
Elena Rybakina Wins/Losses in 2023 – 7/2
Aryna Sabalenka’s Rating – 5
Aryna Sabalenka Wins/Losses in 2023 – 10/0
Sabalenka leads with a score of 3-1 in the head-to-head encounters. The last time they met was at Wimbledon in 2021. In that match, Aryna Sabalenka defeated Elena Rybakina (6-3, 4-6, 6-3) in three sets.
The match will be played in Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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