Tennis Tips - Australian Open Day 4 Tips

Elina Svitolina has been a stalwart inside the top-20 for a long time, and the Ukrainian looks far too strong for her second-round opponent.

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Elina Svitolina -5.5

Game Handicap

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$1.72

She doesn’t mess around when facing players of this calibre.

Elina Svitolina has an incredible record against players ranked outside the top-100 in hard court majors, covering this game handicap in 14 of the last 16 matches dating back to 2015 – one of the matches she failed to cover was against a 127th ranked Naomi Osaka.

Klimovicova is early in her career, but she’s only played three matches against top-100 ranked players – none of those inside the top-50, with her first win against Jones in the first-round where the Brit retired hurt. The Ukrainian shouldn’t have too many issues here.

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Anna Bondar

Match

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$2.20

I think the Hungarian is a huge chance at the price.

Anna Bondar beat Sonmez 12 months ago in Hobart in straight sets – since then, Bondar’s ranking has improved and Sonmez has slid.

Although Sonmez steamrolled her way through qualifying and caused a huge first-round scalp in Alexandrova, Bondar was fairly impressive in her first-round too.

Medvedev vs Halys Over 33.5

Total Games

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$1.91

The Frenchman may be ranked 83 in the world, but injury has really impacted Quentin Halys over the last two years.

Halys has the game to trouble Medvedev on the fast surface, and he showed enough in the lead-up in Brisbane and Adelaide.

Medvedev will win this, but don’t be surprised if Halys can take a set off the Russian which is enough to force the total games overs.

Magdalena Frech +5.5

Game Handicap

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$1.71

Jasmine Paolini is incredibly short in this second-round match with Magdalena Frech.

The Italian is 6-3 on hard court against players ranked between 35-70 over the last 12 months, but she’s only covered the -5.5 game handicap twice from those nine matches.

Frech looked pretty good in her opening round win – I think the Pole will put up a fight.

Value Bet

Mboko vs McNally Over 2.5

Total Sets

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$2.50

Mboko, the 19-year-old Canadian, is just super-inconsistent – not just match to match, but in-match, and as a result she plays a lot of three setters.

Although her last three matches have been straight set results, the nine completed matches prior all went the distance.

The pair met in November 2024 when both ranked absolutely nowhere, and it was McNally winning in three sets. The American also plays in her fair share of three-setters with five of her last eight going the distance – the numbers suggest both players win a set in this.

Multi

Cerundolo (M) / De Minaur (M) / Tiafoe (M) / Davidovich-Fokina (M) / Tien (M) / Ann Li (W) = $4.94

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