Elina Svitolina – Linda Klimovichova. Forecast, announcement for the Australian Open match

On January 21, they will play each other in the second round of the Australian Open Elina Svitolina (WTA 12) and Linda Klimovichova (WTA 134).

The match will start at 02:00 Kyiv time.

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

Elina Svitolina

Ukraine had as many as six representatives in the main draw of the Australian Open Championship, but only Svitolina managed to overcome the first round. The tennis player started here with a victory over the Spaniard Buksha – 6:4, 6:1. There were difficulties in the first game, when we had to play back from 1:3.

While the season is going well for Elina, she took the trophy in Auckland, her winning streak has already reached six matches. In the first match of the tournament, the Ukrainian woman had only 49% of the first serve, while she made mistakes twice as often as her opponent.

The first racket of Ukraine is in good shape now, but she has not faced top rivals this year yet. In case of success in the upcoming match, Elina will play against the winner of Tallia Gibson – Diana Schneider.

Linda Klimovichova

The Polish tennis player has been actively playing on the tour since 2022, but only recently made her way into the main draw of a major. Here, Klimovichova started with the qualification, where she did not lose a single game, the Australians Webb Sam – 6:2, 6:1 and Karbera – 6:4, 7:5 were passed in turn. In the final of the selection there was a victory over the Belgian Minnen – 6:4, 6:4.

Already in the main round, the Polish woman passed the British Francesca Jones, her rival withdrew when she was trailing 2:6, 2:3. In her last incomplete match, Klimovichova was remembered for her active game, 24 winners against 8 for her opponent. Psychologically, it will not be difficult for the Pole, not much is expected of her.

Forecast

Athletes have never crossed paths before, which is not surprising, because the Polish woman has rarely played in high-level tournaments. Svitolina is the favorite of this pair, but Klimovichova can show good tennis.

The Polish athlete is 10 years younger, although Elina should have no problems with endurance. Although the bookmakers are sure of the success of the Ukrainian athlete, I would take a bet of a total of more than 18.5 games at 1.71.