Elina Svitolina – Arina Sobolenko. Forecast and announcement for the semi-finals of the Aus Open

On January 29, Elina Svitolina (WTA 12) and Arina Sobolenko (WTA 1) will play in the semi-finals of the Australian Open.

The meeting will start approximately at 10:30 Kyiv time.

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

Elina Svitolina

At the first major of the year, after the starting round, only one Ukrainian remained, who had already reached the semifinals. For Svitolina, this performance is the best in her career at the Australian Open, and in general, she did not go beyond this stage at Grand Slam tournaments.

This season, Svitolina won ten consecutive victories. She took the trophy in Auckland, after which she won five matches in Melbourne. The Ukrainian victims were: Kristina Buksha – 6:4, 6:1, Linda Klimovichova – 7:5, 6:1, Diana Schneider – 7:6, 6:3, Mirra Andreeva – 6:2, 6:4 and Coco Goff – 6:1, 6:2.

The last two matches should be noted separately, because Svitolina left no chance to two athletes from the top 10. By the way, the Ukrainian herself returned to the world’s top ten – Elina is tenth in the LIVE rating. Another meta-dream ahead is to win the first major in his career. The form is excellent, there is no fear, let the leader of the world ranking be on the other side of the grid.

Getty Images/Global Images Ukraine Arina Sobolenko

Before the start of the season, the Belarusian “neutral” strongly believed in herself, having played a match against the famous player Nick Kyrios, who clearly had long since passed the peak of his career. Let the organizers of the exhibition match give some advantages to Sobolenko, she lost without a chance 3:6, 3:6.

The athlete began her journey this season in Brisbane, where she took the trophy, defeating the Ukrainian Marta Kostiuk in the final. If you look at the path of the leader of the world ranking at the Aus Open, then she did not give a single game in all the games. The most difficult was the match of the third round against Potapova – 7:6, 7:6. Sobolenko also beat the Frenchwoman Rakotomanaga Razaona – 6:4, 6:1, the Chinese Bai – 6:3, 6:1, the Canadian Mboko – 6:1, 7:6, as well as the American Jovich – 6:3, 6:0. Australian Open is successful for the “neutral woman”. She won the title here twice in singles and once in doubles.

Getty Images/Global Images Ukraine Personal meetings

In face-to-face confrontations, Sobolenko’s side has a significant advantage – 5:1. On hard, the athletes crossed each other twice, here too the “neutral” is leading – 2:0. The tennis players played their last match last year, in the semifinals of the tournament in Madrid, when Svitolina lost 3:6, 5:7.

Forecast

I expect an interesting match between two strong athletes. Despite the fact that Sobolenko is a big favorite, perhaps the psychological advantage will be on the side of the Ukrainian.

Svitolina will be an outsider for the third match in a row, so this definitely does not bother her. Elina knows her strengths and will try to use them. I will bet on the victory of the Ukrainian women with a handicap of +4.5 games for 1.83.