Anna Bondar vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – First Round – Preview & Prediction | 2022 Australian Open
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THE FACTS
When is Anna Bondar vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on and what time does it start? Anna Bondar vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova will take place on Tuesday 18th January, 2022 – not before 02:00 (UK)
Where is Anna Bondar vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova taking place? Anna Bondar vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova will take place at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia
What surface is Anna Bondar vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova being played on? Anna Bondar vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova will take place on an outdoor hard court
Where can I get tickets for Anna Bondar vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova? Visit this link for the latest ticket information for Anna Bondar vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
What channel is Anna Bondar vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova on in the UK? Anna Bondar vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova will be televised live on Eurosport
Where can I stream Anna Bondar vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the UK? Eurosport subscribers can stream Anna Bondar vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova live on their website, while Sky Sports subscribers can stream the match live on Sky Go
THE LOWDOWN
ANNA BONDAR
World number 92 Anna Bondar grabbed a great win over eighth seed Katerina Siniakova at Melbourne 1 at the start of the year before a close defeat to Anastasia Potapova in the round of 16. The Hungarian is making her Grand Slam debut here after a successful season spent on the Challenger and ITF circuits last year.
ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA
10th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova finally broke her Grand Slam quarter-final duck last season when she reached the semi-finals of a major at the seventh time of asking before eventually finishing runner-up to Barbora Krejcikova. The 30-year-old lost in the first round of the Australian Open last season but she has made the quarter-finals in three of the last five seasons. Pavlyuchenkova won a Gold Medal alongside Aslan Karatsev in the Mixed Doubles at the Tokyo Olympic Games last summer but the most recent of her total 12 WTA titles came at the 2018 Strasbourg Open.
THE PREDICTION
24-year-old Anna Bondar will be a threat here as a Grand Slam debutante with nothing to lose but, to be fair, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova’s first round defeat last season did come at the hands of eventual champion Naomi Osaka. The Russian has already had an illustrious career but reaching a first Grand Slam final in June certainly looked like a huge weight off her shoulders and she has consistently challenged for the latter stages of majors over the last decade. This should fall in two to the world number 11 but she has not played a tour-level match since last October and that make staking her outright the sensible call here.
