Elina Svitolina – Kristina Buksha. Forecast and announcement for the Australian Open match

Elina Svitolina (WTA 12) – Christina Buksha (WTA 51) will meet in the first round of the Australian Open on January 18.

The match will start at 04:30 Kyiv time.

Sport.ua together with a betting partner betting announces the upcoming match!

Elina Svitolina

The Ukrainian tennis player decided to start the season with a tournament in Oakland, where there was no strong team, and Svitolina herself was the first seed. As a result, the athlete confirmed her status by winning the title. It cannot be said that it was easy, although the tennis player lost only one set during the entire tournament – in a match against Sonai Kartal in the quarterfinals, where everything was decided on a tie-break. In the final game, Svitolina defeated China’s Wang Xinyu.

Now the Ukrainian begins her journey at another major, which she has never won, although she has a good career. If the Spaniard succeeds, Svitolina will face the winner of the Klimovicheva-Jones pair.

Kristina Buksha

The Spaniard is less well-known than her future opponent, she recently turned 28 years old, however, she was not remembered for anything significant. Buksha is a strong middle peasant of world tennis, which is already a lot.

The athlete started the season with a powerful tournament in Brisbane, where in the first round she passed Hungary’s Anna Bondar with great difficulty – 4:6, 7:6, 6:2. And in the second round, she could not do anything against Arina Sobolenko – 0:6, 1:6. At the Australian major, the athlete reached a maximum of the third round, but this year it will be difficult for her to win even the first match.

Buksha plays better in doubles, where she even managed to win a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Forecast

Statistics show that the athletes have never played against each other, and in the upcoming match the Ukrainian is the expected favorite. Elina is higher in status, had a better start to the season, and also has an advantage in terms of rating.

Although Buksha is not the last middle peasant, I do not think that Ukrainian women will have problems. I will bet here on the victory of Svitolina with a handicap of -4.5 games for 1.66.ъ