First round match of the women’s team of the Australian Open that faces the Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck and the Croatian Petra Martic.
We can see that both players occupy a similar place in the ranking, but I think Martic has a higher level. I do not say it to say, I base myself on the results and the calendar of both. The Belgian has gotten most of her points in WTA tournaments with bad participation or ITF tournaments and when she has played higher level tournaments she has not achieved results (except for 2015). Martic on the other hand has played higher level tournaments and last year without going any further, spent 3 rounds of Roland Garros, two of them against tennis players who are Top20 like Keys or Sevastova and was eliminated by Svitolina in 3 sets.
In addition, if we consider this beginning of the year, the Croatian won 2-0 to the promising Vondrousova to fall after Wozniacki in Auckland, while Van Uytvanck fell in the first round of Auckland to Hercog in two sets and after passing an affordable preview in Hobart, he fell again in the first round against Friedsam that apenas played in 2017 for a long injury.
For all that, when I saw the quota 2 to which Martic leaves, I had to rub my eyes. I think I could win 2-0 as well that pays 3, but I’m going to be conservative and I’m going to go with just Martic’s victory, yes, with a high Stake.
Prediction Today:: Win Martic
Odds: 2
