On Tuesday, the German hope in women’s tennis starts in the 108th edition of the Australian Open. Four years ago, Angelique Kerber celebrated the first of her three overall victories at Grand Slam tournaments here in Melbourne. Now, after another weak season in 2019, she would like to return to her old strength here.
Cocciaretto vs Kerber Tennis Betting Tips
Competition: Australian Open WTA
Date: January 21, 2020
Betting Tips Kerber wins 2-0
Odds: 1.8
Stake: 5/10 units
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This is to prevent this in the form of Elisabetta Cocciaretto, a very young 18-year-old player who has already survived three qualifying rounds down under in order to qualify for the main field of the women’s singles for the first time ever.
In the past, it was always a very lucrative matter to bet on a first-round end of the Germans, who were characterized by fluctuations in performance. Just last year, she failed in the first round of two of the four Grand Slam tournaments. In 2017 there was also a defeat in the first match twice, although it was always on the seed list.
In general, Angie traditionally struggles in the first matches. Already when she advanced to Grand Slam at the Australian Open in 2016, she had to fend off a match ball in the opening match against Misaki Doi. Nevertheless, with Elisabetta Cocciaretto against Angelique Kerber, a tip on the next early mistake of the 32-year-old is a vague matter.
Although the German number one suffered most recently with an injury to the thigh, the bookmakers’ odds with Elisabetta Cocciaretto against Angelique Kerber clearly speak for the progress of the experienced player.
We believe that the subdued expectations, which Kerber and her environment have recently heard, will put the number 18 in the WTA world rankings free, at least in the opening match. For Cocciaretto against Kerber, we think the most sustainable is the tip for a safe 2-0 victory for the favorite.
Elisabetta Cocciaretto – Statistics & current form
Current position in the world rankings: 175.
Position in the seed list: unset
For the 18-year-old Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto, it is already a phenomenal success to be qualified for the main field of the first Grand Slam tournament of the 2020 season. It is, after all, the very first major tournament that she can ever take part in.
Three victories in the qualifying rounds were necessary, where she got better and better after a very tough start against 31-year-old Bibiane Schoofs. If she had to equalize a 0-1 deficit in a second set with twelve games against the Dutch to make everything clear in the third round about the better physique, she won twice in the subsequent rounds with 2: 0.
So now she is in the place of her biggest career success so far for the first time in the round of the best 128 women. Two years ago, she had competed in the girls’ singles at the Australian Open and, after a strong tournament, reached the semi-finals at the end, where she could only be stopped by the later overall winner Liang En-shuo.
At that time she promoted the most important tennis tournament from down under to 17th place in the girls’ world rankings. Two years later, she is certain to jump again in Melbourne.
She started qualifying as number 175 in the world. After the first victories, it is already two places higher in the virtual table. If she landed the big shot and sent the 2016 overall winner home four days before her 19th birthday, she would jump into the top 150 for the first time.
Either way, your first move into the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament will get your career rolling. Finally, constant jumps in the world rankings mean that in the foreseeable future the little WTA Internationals will no longer have to go through qualifying rounds or enter late and will be drawn to worse-ranked opponents.
Two years after her professional debut in 2018, the Italian, who won all of her individual titles on clay court in the ITF, knocks on the door of the tennis elite. At Cocciaretto against Kerber, the odds speak against them. Nevertheless, she will hardly be asked twice to give her the ticket for the second round under the nail, should the former German world ranking list appear vulnerable.
Last matches of Elisabetta Cocciaretto:
🎾 01/18/2020 – Cocciaretto vs. Martincova 6-2, 6-1 (Australian Open)
🎾 Jan 16, 2020 – Cocciaretto vs. Di Lorenzo 6-3, 6-1 (Australian Open)
🎾 Jan 14, 2020 – Cocciaretto vs. Schoofs 6-7, 7-5, 6-3 (Australian Open)
🎾 01/04/2020 – Bolsova vs. Cocciaretto 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 (Auckland)
Angelique Kerber – Statistics & current form
Current position in the world rankings: 18.
Position in the seed list: 17.
In her first five years on the WTA Tour, the 32-year-old German did not do too much. Until she stormed the semifinals at the US Open for the first time in 2011, when she always failed in the first round of the first three Grand Slam tournaments.
It still took five more years before she was able to win a major major tournament at the Australian Open 2016 for the first time. This was followed by the US Open 2016 and the jump to number one in the WTA world rankings.
Everything looked like the German, who had been firmly established in the top 10 for almost six years, could become the new star player in a WTA tour that was largely without a lead due to Serena Williams’ baby break. The deep fall into insignificance followed in 2017.
It was all the more surprising that she reported back under coach Wim Fissette in 2018 and even won the prestigious Wimbledon Championships in July. At the end of the year, however, the surprising breakup with the Belgian success coach.
“I lowered the expectations for this year and now for Australia a bit. The most important thing for me now is to look from day to day. ” – Angelique Kerber at Eurosport
Since then, Angie has been in another difficult phase of her career. She failed twice in 2019 in Grand Slam tournaments in the first round. Nor did she win a single title. Although she was able to reach the final in Indian Wells at a WTA Premier Mandatory in March, Bianca Andreescu lost 1-2 there.
All the more reason she had planned for 2020 with her new trainer Dieter Kindlmann, which, however, started very unfortunate. In the preparation for the season, she injured her thigh at the end of December during an invitation tournament in Hawaii.
An injury that also affected the first three games in 2020. If she lost a physically tough fight against Samatha Stosur after two tiebreaks with 0: 2 in Brisbane, she celebrated her first victory of the new year in Adelaide. A victory that she paid dearly for. Two days later she had to give up in the second set in the round of 16. The thigh had closed.
Their expectations for the Australian Open are all the more subdued, although they always made it to the round of 16 in the weak years of 2017 and 2019. That is exactly why we at Cocciaretto against Kerber believe that the tip that she will make her way through the first rounds despite adverse conditions is very promising.
The tournament tree meant well with her, after all. At the earliest in the round of 16, with Karolina Pliskova, an old rival would be waiting for her as a potentially first real endurance test. Before that – provided that no opponent is overgrowing – only she or the effects of her injury can stop her …
Last matches by Angelique Kerber:
🎾 Jan 15, 2020 – Yastremska vs. Kerber 6-3, 2-0 (Adelaide)
🎾 01/13/2020 – Kerber vs. Wang 6-1, 6-3 (Adelaide)
🎾 01/06/2020 – Stosur vs. Kerber 7-6, 7-6 (Brisbane)
Cocciaretto vs Kerber – Head to Head Statistics
Head to head: 0-0
The two women have never faced each other before, so there is no “head to head” data between Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Angelique Kerber.
Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs Angelique Kerber Tennis Betting Tips Australian Open 2020 by PicksSoccer.com
The injury to Angelique Kerber is definitely an issue, which is why we have to do a little digression regarding the choice of the right betting provider. There are two types of bookies. Those who distribute a winning bet as won if the opponent gives up injured. And those who void a bet when a task comes up.
Key facts – Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs Angelique Kerber tips
⭐️ Cocciaretto was in the semifinals at the Australian Open 2018 in the girls’ singles
⭐️ Kerber has reached at least the round of 16 four times in a row at the Australian Open
⭐️ Cocciaretto has qualified for the main field of a major tournament for the first time ever
This is exactly what ultimately decides to play the tip for the favorite at Cocciaretto against Kerber. We are sure that if she can finish the game, she will move into the second round.
Because Cocciaretto against Kerber has a low odds for the win bet on the German, we choose the result bet and bet that Angie will end the matter cleanly and without losing a set.
For this, Elisabetta Cocciaretto has a odds of 1.80 against Angelique Kerber, which also promises a high value. This favorite tip is therefore worth five units.
