A look at Iga Swiatek vs Victoria Azarenka at the Italian Open WTA 2022 match in the round of 16 and its prediction along with the score and results
The clay tournament in Rome, Italy has begun its mains draw. The Italian Open is heading towards the third round where Iga Swiatek moves ahead in the hope to extend her winning streak to 25! Can she do it against Victoria Azarenka?
Let us have a look at their past encounters, and current form so that we can have some predictions.
WTA Italian Open 2022 Women’s Singles Round of 32 Results and Score
Iga Swiatek vs Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Polish Swiatek makes another record in WTA as she becomes the first female to win 24 back to back matches since Serena Williams in 2017. The No. 1 ATP player had a conformable win over Ruse in a straight-sets victory with a score of 6-3, 6-0 to move to the next round.
Victoria Azarenka vs Camila Osorio
Victoria Azarenka beat opponent Camila Osorio in straight sets with a score of 6-2, 6-4 to reach the third round of the tournament and fix a clash against former French Open champion Iga Swiatek.
Iga Swiatek vs Victoria Azarenka WTA Italian Open Tennis 2022 Women’s Singles Round of 16 Schedule, Date, Time, Prediction, Head To Head
Iga Swiatek vs Victoria Azarenka WTA Italian Open Open 2022 Round of 16 H2H Record
Venue: Italy, Rome
Prize Money: €6,008,725
May 12, 2022, Thursday
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Time: TBD
Channel: Tennis Channel, Amazon Prime, Sports18 and Voot
Head To Head: 1-1
The two have met twice before and the head to head record is a tie between Swiatek and Victoria. The third-round clash between them will be their third career encounter. The last time they met was at this year’s Adelaide Internation where Azarenka was hammered by the player from Poland in the quarterfinals.
Prediction
World No. One Iga Swiatek and Victoria Azarenka are set to meet for the third time on the court at the Italian Open tomorrow. Swiatek received a bye in the first round of the tournament followed by her record-extending 24-winning streak match in the second round against Ruse. With the victory, she became the first player since Serena Williams in 2015, to have won this many matches consecutively.
Swiatek has a win-loss record of 31-3 while Azarenka is on 12-6 this season. They are also 5-0 and 4-1 on clay respectively.
The pick of the match is Iga Swiatek. She is a huge favourite on clay as she is yet to lose a match this tennis season on clay surfaces. Azarenka was beaten by Iga last time at the Adelaide International in the last eight, which was the Belarusian’s best result so far while Swiatek has won her last four consecutive WTA titles. There is no doubt to back her judging on her current fire form.
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