Osaka looked great. Her ball striking has stayed pretty consistent and her movement looked pretty good too, especially for a player who hasn't competed at the top level for a long time. However, Pliskova just loves the venue. I think it's her 10th straight win at Brisbane? She up against another heavy hitter in Ostapenko. Should be a good batter of great ball strikers who have average or below average movement.
Yes, but correct me if I'm wrong, Pliskova has extremely poor record against the Latvian. Both girls are hard hitters and not very good movers but stats are important and numbers suggest Ostapenko will be victorious.
Pliskova leads Ostapenko, 6-5 H2H. However, you can never really predict these matches. Ostapenko, one day finally shows up like the slam winner she is. The other days, loses to 150th ranked player after hitting everything out. It's 1.5x on Ostapenko at the moment but on Hard court, I'm not really sure who takes it.
Ok, thanks for the exact stats, I was quite sure it was something like 6:1 or 6:2 Ostapenko for some reason. Btw, I also checked the stats and some sources say H2H is 5:5, other sources claim it's 5:4 Pliskova.
Ostapenko v Pliskova is one of the most promising matches in tomorrow's order of play, among others I could recommend Andreeva - Rodionova a clash between a Russian starlet and a Russia-born Aussie veteran. I predict that Andreeva will win tomorrow.
Altmaier v Dimitrov is also going to be fun to watch I believe. My bet will be on Grigor.
Kubler v Nadal should be an easy match for Rafa.
Mertens v Rybakina: The Belgian has improved her tennis (in singles) a lot lately but Rybakina seems to be too tough for her to beat.
Russian derby Kudermetova v Potapova is also going to be intense, seems like anybody's match to me.