Madison Keys vs Victoria Azarenka AO 2023 Preview

Whereas not seen as a contender at this stage, Victoria Azarenka is the one participant within the ladies’s draw with an Australian Open title to her title. The 2-time champion will play Madison Keys to start Friday’s evening session with the winner occurring to play both Lin Zhu or Maria Sakkari. Azarenka does lead the head-to-head and extra curiously, all three wins have come after the Belarussian’s return to the tour following the beginning of her son.

Keys stays a harmful opponent when she is dialled in and her present outcomes do present a participant in type. She is but to lose this 12 months, having received all her matches as a part of USA’s dominant United Cup victory and including to that with two wins right here, most just lately in opposition to Xinyu Wang. Though she is going to need to enhance on the conversion price, she manufactured a complete of 17 break factors in her 6-3 6-2 win and was spectacular on return all through.

Azarenka took lower than an hour to seal her a hundred and fiftieth slam win, demolishing Nadia Podoroska 6-1 6-0 in spherical two. She shall be blissful together with her enhancements in Melbourne having suffered back-to-back losses in opposition to Veronika Kudermetova and Linda Noskova through the two Adelaide tournaments.

Azarenka remains to be ok to play stable tennis lengthy sufficient for Keys to implode, as has occurred with their latest conferences. “Attempt to not make dumb selections principally, which remains to be a piece in progress,” Keys mentioned when requested on what she will be able to do to enhance on that. “However, I imply, for me it’s actually simply attempting to let myself depend on making balls as a result of I’ve develop into a a lot better mover, and I can keep in factors, and I don’t essentially should be the aggressor the entire time.

Prediction – Victoria Azarenka in straight units