World number 13 Belinda Bencic will be up against the 91st-ranked Viktoriya Tomova in the first round of the 2023 Australian Open on Monday, January 16. Get the live streaming options of this Belinda Bencic v Viktoriya Tomova match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Belinda Bencic v Viktoriya Tomova Head to Head
There have been no previous matches at the WTA level between these two players. Bencic won a match on the ITF circuit before this.
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Bencic Coming off Adelaide 2 Win
Bencic was unable to help Switzerland qualify for the second round of the United Cup as she fell to a straight-set loss at the hands of Iga Swiatek but since then her form seems to have returned.
In fact, Bencic looked to have started off rather well in that tournament too with a win over Yulia Putintseva, with a defeat to Swiatek not that much of a surprise given the form that the world number one is in.
The Swiss number one returned to play in the second competition in Adelaide and came through to win the title, defeating the in-form Daria Kasatkina in the final. She routed her Russian opponent 6-0, 6-2 in the title-decider.
This followed a win over Garbine Muguruza, Anna Kalinskaya and Caroline Garcia in the first three rounds before Veronika Kudermetova withdrew from their semifinal.
Bencic will start off with oodles of confidence here as she hopes to go deeper than her second round exit at this tournament last season.
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Tomova Loses Only Match at the United Cup
Tomova has never been ranked higher than 89th in the world which she achieved last year while falling a couple of places down to 91st right now. This is down to her having not added a single point to her tally this year after featuring in only one tournament and losing the only match she played there.
It came at the United Cup where Bulgaria’s Tomova faced Maria Sakkari in her only match and lost in straight sets.
Last year, however, Tomova did well at some of the WTA tournaments which helped her gain nearly 50 places from May onward. A quarterfinal at Valencia in a WTA125 tournament, and another in Eastbourne as a lucky loser was followed by her career-best showing at Bastad where she ended up a semifinalist.
Unfortunately for her, Tomova now faces a player in the kind of form that Bencic is in and much like the Sakkari encounter, things could get rather tough for her.
Bencic v Tomova Prediction and Tip
No prizes for guessing who is the favourite here and what kind of scoreline we can expect. Straight sets for Bencic and Tomova will do well to win a total of six games in the match.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Bencic to win in straight sets: 1/4 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
- Moderate Risk Tip: Under 17.5 games in the match: 10/11 (Click Here to Bet with 888Sport)
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