• In the second largest stadium of the “Australian Open”, the “John Cain Arena”, the first racket of the Baltics, Alona Ostapenko (WTA 10th), and the potential leader of Australia, Ajla Tomlianovica (#271), who a once he wins he will compete in 32nd place in the world ranking.
• The record of mutual matches is 2-1, including the last match won by Ostapenko in June – 6:4, 6:4.
• In 2023, Ostapenko’s singles record was 37-22, including 7-12 in her second matches of the tournament. Tomlianovica went 7-4 last year, playing mostly at the “challenger” level. This year they have already finished 8-1 and 2-3 respectively.
• A knee injury kept the Australian out for more than eight months, dropping him down the table and returning last August.
• In September 2022, it was Tomljanović who ended the career of 23-time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams, triumphing 7:5, 6:7 and 6:1 in the third round of the US Open.
• Tomļanović has a 6-28 record against current “top 10” tennis players, including wins over Spain’s Paula Bados (No. 4) and Estonia’s Aneta Kontaveita (No. 5) in 2022.
• At the “Grand Slam” level, Ostapenko won the champion title of the “French Open” (2017) and the semi-finals of Wimbledon (2018), while Tomljanovica played in the round of 16 of the “French Open” (2014) and reached the quarterfinals three times. – at Wimbledon (2021, 2022) and at the “US Open” (2022).
• Over the course of her career, 26-year-old Ostapenko has won seven WTA tournaments (including the “WTA 500” in Adelaide last week), but 30-year-old Tomlianovic has yet to win a major title and won the Brazilian “WTA 125”. ” or female “challenger” last November.
• At the 2023 Australian Open, our tennis player played the quarterfinals and earned 430 points. In this tournament Tomljanovica has never reached the second round, but last year she did not participate.
• In the first round of this year’s tournament, Ostapenko beat Australian Kimberly Birrell (7-6, 6-1), while Tomljanovic defeated Croatian Petra Martic (7-6, 4-6, 6-4) .
• In the current tournament, the Latvian athlete will have to defend many points to remain in the top ten of the world rankings.
• In Melbourne the third round is worth 130 points in the ranking and 255,000 Australian dollars (approximately 153,689 euros) in prize money.
• The match will start at 19.00 local time, when it could be 18-19 degrees and windy.
• The winner of the duel will play against Victoria Azarenka (#22) or Denmark’s Klara Towson (#96) in the third round.
• Ostapenko’s regular partners Lyudmila Kichenok (Ukraine) and Mate Pavic (Croatia) triumphed in the mixed doubles at the Wimbledon Championships last year and will now play together again. In the first round on January 18, Kitchenok/Pavich will face the number one pair Storma Hunter/Matthew Ebden (Australia).
Resources used:
ausopen.com
2024-01-17 21:25:00
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