Ysaline Bonaventure vs Ekaterina Alexandrova Prediction: the Difference in Class is Evident

Prediction for the WTA Australian Open match, which will take place on January 17th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Ysaline, 28, is ranked No. 90 by the WTA. She was a little-known Belgian, but she shocked everyone in Auckland in early January, reaching the semifinals. She knocked out Hamo, Rus, McNally, Marino, and Fernandez, losing at the end to Masarova. After New Zealand, Bonaventure went to Hobart, where she played two more matches: a three-set win over Zidansek and a two-set loss to Davis. Overall, it looks like Bonaventure is more than an easy walk for Alexandrova for the tournament's first round.

So far, Ekaterina's stats in 2023 are more negative than positive. In the first tournament in Adelaide, she failed in three sets to Vondrousova. The second tournament began with a confident victory over Fourlis, but she did not come out to play against Kudermetova in the second round. As a reminder, Alexandrova's best performance at AO is reaching the third round in the 2020 and 2021 seasons. Let's see if WTA No. 18 can improve in 2022.

There are questions about Alexandrova's current tonus, but we wonder if Bonaventure will create problems for the opponent. The girls are markedly different in class. It was evident in 2019, and Ekaterina has progressed steadily since then, climbing into the top 20. The Belgian had success in Auckland, but remember the list of players at that event. Ysaline was nowhere near Alexandrova's level. So we bet on her confident victory in the first AO round.

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