No. 29 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia will meet Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova in the second round of the Australian Open on Thursday, February 11, with the match likely to begin at around 11 am local time (12 noon BST or 7 pm Eastern Time previous day). Get the live streaming options of this Ekaterina Alexandrova v Barbora Krejcikova match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Ekaterina Alexandrova v Barbora Krejcikova Head to Head
Alexandrova has won both their previous two encounters, winning in Bucharest in 2017 and in the second round of the Australian Open last year.
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Alexandrova Sends Trevisan Packing
World No. 32 Ekaterina Alexandrova began her Australian Open challenge on Tuesday with a straight sets win over Italy’s Martina Trevisan.
The Russian created 10 break point opportunities in the match, converting five of them to win the first round contest 6-3, 6-4 in an hour and 22 minutes.
The Italian too created four break point chances but could convert only 50 percent of them.
Alexandrova, who enters the tournament following a semifinal finish at the Gippsland Trophy in Melbourne last week, where she beat Simona Halep in the quarterfinals, struggled with her serves in the first round as she could land only 48 percent (30 of 62) of her first serves.
The 26-year-old Russian, who won her maiden WTA title in Shenzhen last year, struck 6 aces and 20 winners against Trevisan, but also committed 9 double faults and 37 unforced errors.
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Krejcikova Battles Past Zheng
Facing Alexandrova in the next round will be World No. 59 Barbora Krejcikova who battled past World No. 44 Saisai Zheng of China in the first round on Tuesday. The 25-year-old Czech, who created a staggering 23 break point chances in the match, converting only five of them, won the contest 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 in two hours and 27 minutes.
Krejcikova hit 20 winners and made 43 unforced errors compared to Zheng’a 25 winners and 57 unforced errors. The Chinese too had nine break point chances in the match, but the Czech saved six of them.
The 2019 and 2020 mixed doubles champion at the Australian Open, Krejcikova is a two-time major winner in doubles. She was also in the doubles semifinals of the Melbourne slam last year.
Krejcikova also produced her best singles result at a major last year, reaching the fourth round of the French Open.
She warmed up to the first major of the year by reaching the quarterfinals at the Grampians Trophy last week.
Alexandrova v Krejcikova Prediction and Tip
While Alexandrova struggled a bit to get her first serves right, Krejcikova struggled with break point conversions in the first round. So both players will have a few things to iron out. Alexandrova will, however, hold a slight edge, thanks to her form and their previous results, and should advance to the next round.
Tip: Alexandrova to win: 4/9 (bet365)
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