World numbers 53 and 69 respectively, Alize Cornet and Ajla Tomljanovic will clash in the first round at the 2021 WTA Gippsland Trophy on Monday, February 1, with the match likely to begin at around 2:30 pm local time (8:30 am Eastern Time). Get the live streaming options of this Alize Cornet v Ajla Tomljanovic match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
Looking to watch 2021 WTA Gippsland Trophy tennis live streaming online?
- For tennis fans in the UK, Europe, Australia & elsewhere go to bet365 > Tennis > Live Streaming here* to watch & bet on the ATP & WTA tennis live.
- Get all the other WTA Gippsland Trophy 2021 live streaming options here
[the_ad id=”14063″]
*Advertisement. Geo-restrictions apply & pre-funded account needed
Alize Cornet v Ajla Tomljanovic Head to Head
There have been two previous matches played between Cornet and Tomljanovic before this and both players have won one each. The first came in 2013, at the US Open where Cornet triumphed in straight sets before Tomljanovic followed it up with a head-to-head-levelling performance at the 2019 Indian Wells Open in two as well.
Also Read:
Cornet Coming off Second Round Loss
Having won the last of her six WTA titles in 2018, Cornet’s form looks to have gone off the boil even if one counts her 13-9 win-loss record last season.
At best, it was a modest year for someone who has been ranked number 11 in the world at one point but add the fact she made it to the fourth round of the US Open – admittedly her best showing at the Flushing Meadows – and you are looking at a less than ordinary rest of the season.
Hard court surfaces haven’t quite been Cornet’s most favourite either with four of her six titles having come on clay. In more recent times she has begun to notch up important wins on hard courts too, having reached five finals on that kind of a surface between 2014 and 2017 but can she recreate that kind of form in 2021?
Cornet is coming off a straight-set defeat at the hands of Paula Badosa in the second round of the Abu Dhabi Open earlier this month, having beaten the 267th-ranked Valentini Grammatikopoulou in the opener.
[the_ad id=”30344″]
Tomljanovic Struggled Through 2020
It wasn’t the best season for Australia’s Tomljanovic who fell to 13 defeats from her 18 matches, only winning a round in five of the tournaments she played in.
More vitally, when she won her first round encounter at the Abu Dhabi Open earlier this month against Lin Zhu, it was her first main draw victory in any WTA competition since she had beaten fellow Aussie Priscilla Hon in the opening round of the WTA Doha.
Following that victory, a loss in the second round to Garbine Muguruza followed but little would she have known it would be her last victory for a period of almost 11 months.
Because once tennis returned from its pandemic break in August, Tomljanovic lost in the first round at Lexington, Cincinnati Open, US Open, WTA Rome, WTA Strasbourg and the French Open to end an abysmal season.
Can she turn things around here?
Cornet v Tomljanovic Prediction and Tip
Cornet and Tomljanovic are both 5/6 to win this but given all that happened over the past 12 months, Cornet could hold bit of an edge here.
Tip: Cornet to win: 5/6 (bet365)
[the_ad id=”30513″]
The 2021 WTA Gippsland Trophy in Melbourne will be played from January 31. You can watch & bet on the these matches here. Get your latest premium tennis predictions here.
Be the first to comment