World no. 60 Danka Kovinic of Montenegro, will take on Nao Hibino of Japan, the world number 138, in the first round of the 2023 Auckland Open on Tuesday, January 3. Get the live streaming options of this Danka Kovinic v Nao Hibino match along with its preview, head-to-head, and tips here.
Looking to watch the 2023 Auckland Open live streaming online?
- For tennis fans in the Europe & elsewhere go to bet365 > Tennis > Live Streaming here* to watch & bet on the ATP & WTA tennis live.
- Also get all your other Auckland Open 2023 live streaming & TV options here
*Live streaming T&Cs:
You can watch live sport on your mobile, tablet or desktop including Soccer, Tennis and Basketball. All you need is a funded account or to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours to qualify.
[the_ad id=”43630″]
Danka Kovinic v Nao Hibino Head to Head
The pair have played each other once before, in qualification for the event in New Haven in 2016, Hibino winning in straight sets.
Also Read:
Kovinic Hoping for Better Results This Season
Kovinic continues to fly the flag for women’s tennis in Montenegro, even though it has been nearly six years since she reached her career high world ranking of 46.
She has appeared in three senior WTA finals, finishing on the losing side each time, the most recent of those defeats coming on the green clay of Charleston in April, 2021, beaten in straight sets by Veronika Kudermetova.
At the end of last season, she was a beaten finalist again in a Challenger event in Buenos Aires, beaten by the Hungarian Panna Udvardy on that occasion.
Arguably her best result of 202w came at Indian Wells, where she beat the world number eight at the time, Karolina Pliskova, in three sets.
Auckland is part of her preparations for the Australian Open which she may be looking forward to, having got to the third round last year, a feat she emulated at the French Open a few months later.
Looking to bet on tennis around the world?
[the_ad id=”71947″]
Hibino Battles Through Qualifiers
has won two senior singles titles on the WTA tour, although the most recent of those was back in 2019 on home soil, when she claimed the Japan Open crown.
She has also won eight ITF events, and, last year, reached her first final at that level for four years, although she subsequently lost the match in Chiang Rai, Thailand, beaten by Gao Xinyu of China.
At the height of her career, she was ranked as high as 56 in the world, but her current world ranking means that she was made to enter qualifying in Auckland.
That prove to be something of a trial by combat. In her first match against the American Coco Vandeweghe, she had to save three match points, before battling back to win it in the third set.
Then, playing Jaqueline Cristian of Romania, after taking the first set, she was pegged back, and once again taken to three sets, before finally getting the better of her opponent.
Kovinic v Hibino Prediction and Tip
Hibino will begin this match as favourite, having already proven her match fitness with those two matches in qualifying, and also having beaten Kovinic in their one previous meeting.
Tips:
- Moderate Risk Tip: Hibino to win: 4/5 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
- Moderate Risk Tip: Under 21.5 games in the match: 8/9 (Click Here to Bet with 888Sport)
[the_ad id=”30513″]
The 2023 Auckland Open will be played from January 2 to January 8. You can get all the tennis betting news with our tennis betting blog here. Also get rest of the tennis match previews here.
Be the first to comment