Pavlyuchenkova - Yuan Yue: betting tip for the Australian Open match
At the start of the Australian Open on January 12, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova will face a tough opponent, Yuan Yue. The Chinese tennis player has made significant progress in her game and results over the past year, and has even managed to get into the top 50 of the world rankings. Will Anastasia be able to get through to the second round today? - the answer is in our betting tip

Command Analysis

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova

Current form
In preparation for the Australian Open, Pavlyuchenkova played only in Adelaide last week. In the first round of that competition, Anastasia failed to cope with Marketa Vondrousova (4-6, 7-6, 2-6). In Melbourne, the Russian tennis player’s best result was the quarterfinals. She reached this stage three times. However, in recent years, Pavlyuchenkova has invariably hung up her racket in the first or second round.
Professional qualities
Anastasia always strives to play combination tennis, thinks through tactics for each rally. The tennis player feels comfortable on the back line when exchanging blows, is always ready to hit hard, but in recent years she has lacked speed.
Current indicators in the tour
Pavlyuchenkova is ranked 28th in the world. Last year, almost all of her successes were associated with open hard, where she managed to win 20 matches and lose 11.
Interesting facts for betting
Pavlyuchenkova has broken the first round barrier in Melbourne twice in the last three years

Yue Yuan

Current form
Yuan Yue started the new season in Brisbane and immediately made it to the 1/8 finals, having won two victories in the bracket over Rus and Kostyuk. However, the Chinese tennis player was unable to build on her success, as the following game week in Hobart she suffered a defeat in the opening round from Osorio Serrano (2-6, 3-6). It should be noted that at the Australian Open she has never overcome the first round barrier in her career.
Professional qualities
Yuan Yue is distinguished by her endurance and agility, her ability to get the most difficult balls from the back line. At the same time, she has a fairly decent first serve by the standards of the women tour.
Current indicators in the tour
Yuan Yue has improved significantly in recent years and is now ranked 51st in the world. Her best career result in the world rankings is 36th place. This year, the Chinese tennis player has played four matches, winning two and losing two.
Interesting facts for betting
- All four matches involving Yuan Yue this year have ended without an exchange of winning sets
- In three of the Chinese player four previous matches, the first set did not go more than nine games
Trends
Total under 2.5 sets bet
Pavlyuchenkova last five matches at the Australian Open have featured the minimum number of sets
1.51Rate Set Result: 2>1
This is the scenario that unfolded in Yuan Yue two previous matches.
2.21Tip and bets
Pavlyuchenkova has played only one match this season, it is difficult to judge her readiness for the start in Melbourne. At the same time, Yuan Yue has not shown anything on local courts year after year, and has never overcome the first round barrier. We think that due to her experience, Anastasia is capable of defeating the representative of China.
Our prediction is Pavlyuchenkova victory with odds of 1.60
Bet on total
It cannot be said that any of the opponents in the upcoming match has an advantage in class. There is a high probability that we will see an equal game with a possible exchange of winning sets.
The second bet is total over 21 games for 1.83
Bet on the first set
Note that in the last three matches involving Pavlyuchenkova, more than nine games were played in the first set. We expect a close fight for the initiative to unfold at the start of the match.
Betting Tip - total games in the first set over 9.5 with odds of 2.11