The first week of the Australian Open 2019 is over. The field of the once 128 participants has been reduced to eight women, one of which will receive the winner trophy from Down Under at the end. In the quarterfinals between Naomi Osaka and Elina Svitolina not only a match between two top 10 players and co-favorites for the overall victory, but also a duel between two athletes who have done a lot in recent months. If the Japanese won the overall victory at the last Grand Slam tournament to date – the US Open 2018 – their Ukrainian counterpart will be the reigning World Champion in the prestigious tournament in Melbourne.
Naomi Osaka vs Elina Svitolina Tennis Prediction
In Osaka against Svitolina speaks the odds for the semi-finals of the US Open 2018 winner. Surely also because the Ukrainian has never survived in her career, a quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament, and would celebrate with such a triumph now premiere. However, the winner of the WTA Tour Championships 2018 definitely has to be entrusted, which makes it all the more difficult to give a tip to Osaka against Svitolina. It may therefore be a bit more sustainable to avoid the prognosis of who reaches the semi-finals by typing on the number of games that will be needed to make that decision.
Naomi Osaka – Statistics & Current Form
Current ranking in the world rankings: 4.
Position in the seedling list: 4.
The 21-year-old Japanese Naomi Osaka has continued in Melbourne where she left off in New York City late last summer. Since eleven games in series, the young hope of the country of the rising Somme is undefeated in Grand Slam tournaments. Burning in their first two matches absolutely nothing, they had to turn it in the last two rounds against both Su-wei Hsieh and against Anastasija Sevastova each 0-1 residue. An achievement that should only make you pay more attention, because it underlines that apart from the physique and the tremendous talent of Osaka, a large portion of self-confidence and mental strength is part of the overall package.
All the more hopes the native Japanese, but since the age of three in the United States of America, where she was trained to the Top 10 player and Grand Slam winner, that the reigning World Champion will not be able to do their good Run at the four major major tournaments to break the WTA Tour. In the subsequent semifinal Naomi Osaka would finally face another career highlight, if it would go again against their former US Open 2018 final opponent Serena Williams. Of course, this quarterfinal is the first final exam of the new year to see, in which the Japanese is just playfully encountering a much larger headwind. Nevertheless, in Osaka against Svitolina speaks the odds that the shooting star also mastered this hurdle.
Last matches by Naomi Osaka:
- 21.01.2019 – Osaka vs. Sevastova 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 (Australian Open)
- 19.01.2019 – Osaka vs. Hsieh 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 (Australian Open)
- 17.01.2019 – Osaka vs. Zidansek 6-2, 6-4 (Australian Open)
- 15.01.2019 – Osaka vs. Osaka Linette 6-4, 6-2 (Australian Open)
- 05.01.2019 – Tsurenko vs. Osaka 6-2, 6-4 (Brisbane)
Elina Svitolina – Statistics & Current Form
Current ranking in the world rankings: 7.
Position in the seedling list: 6.
Twenty-four-year-old Ukrainian Elina Svitolina has made her final breakthrough with the pros in the past two seasons of the WTA Tour with several loud bangs. Already in her junior years, she played two Grand Slam Finals and was even rewarded at the French Open 2010 with the winner’s trophy. Big advance lobes so that on the WTA Tour but initially did not count. All the more impressive were her seasons in 2017 and 2018. Two years ago she won the most individual titles of all women and crowned champion at five tournaments. Then in 2018 she had four more individual titles as well as the first major of her career with the WTA Tour Championships, Elina Svitolina still lacked the big tournament victories so far. Although she won four WTA Premier 5 tournaments in her career, in the category “WTA Premier Mandatory”, in which in addition to the Grand Slams the actual majors of the women’s world are played, so far but not a single final book. The same applies to the Grand Slam tournaments themselves, in which they reached the quarter-finals three times in the past – last year exactly one year ago in down under – but missed the leap into the semi-finals in all three cases. Whether she succeeds against a strong opponent for the first time in her career? At least that would go with Svitolina against Osaka the tip on it with high profit opportunities. And who knows – maybe the knot has burst for her on the really big stages since her coup at the WTA Finals 2018.
Last matches by Elina Svitolina:
- 21.01.2019 – Svitolina Vs. Keys 6-2, 1-6, 6-1 (Australian Open)
- 19.01.2019 – Svitolina Vs. Zhang 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 (Australian Open)
- 17.01.2019 – Svitolina Vs. Kuzmova 6-4, 6-1 (Australian Open)
- 15.01.2019 – Svitolina Vs. Golubic 6-1, 6-2 (Australian Open)
- 02.01.2019 – Sasnovich Vs. Svitolina 6-4, 0-6, 6-3 (Brisbane)
Osaka v Svitolina – Head to Head Statistics
A total of five clashes have already occurred between Naomi Osaka and Elina Svitolina. The Ukrainian leads the direct comparison with three games won before the two victories of the Japanese. All five matches also took place on hard court, which gives this balance certainly a certain significance. Although the Asian three years ago in the second round of the Australian Open 2016 here in down under 2-0 defeated against Elina Svitolina, to the Ukrainian went for the last two duels in 2018, in which the world champion in each case for a smooth 2: 0 victory as winner of the place went.
Naomi Osaka vs Elina Svitolina, Australian Open 2019 Betting Prediction & Odds
Both players have celebrated their biggest career success in recent months. Both are consequently in the top 10 of the WTA World Ranking. And both have clearly defeated the respective opponent. Thus, we can expect an exciting quarter-final at eye level, in which the daily form should decide on the move to the semifinals. Elina Svitolina was a little more convincing, so she speaks against her, that she has never survived a Grand Slam quarterfinals.
Key Facts – Naomi Osaka vs. Elina Svitolina tips
Osaka has been in series without defeat for eleven Grand Slam games
Svitolina failed already a year ago in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open
In the “head to head” comparison Svitolina leads with 3: 2 victories
The best bet is to give a tip on the number of games that will be needed to score the semi-finalist in the close match between Osaka and Svitolina. In view of the last duels between the two athletes, who were also always won 2: 0 depending on the daily form, we consider 21.5 games to be a magical limit.
Betting Prediction: Under 21.5 games
Odds: 2.00
