Victoria Azarenka vs Li Na Betting 26/01/13

This year’s Ladies Australian Open final will be played between Victoria Azarenka and Li Na, in what promises to be an exciting end to this year’s tournament. Azarenka certainly edges the head to heads between the two over the last few matches having won four in a row, three of which were on hard court. However back in 2011 Li Na did manage to beat Azarenka in straight sets in the Australian Open and went onto reach the final where she narrowly lost to Kim Clijsters of Belgium. She has also got a better record against Victoria in grand slams which may also work in her favour mentally. Choose a free bet for this match here.

Head to Heads:

Azarenka 2-0 Li Na (Istanbul, Hard Court)

Azarenka 2-1 Li Na (Madrid, Clay Court)

Azarenka 2-1 Li Na (Sydney, Hard Court)

Azarenka 2-0 Li Na (Istanbul, Hard Court)

Li Na 2-0 Azarenka (French Open, Clay Court)

Li Na 2-0 Azarenka (Australian Open, Hard Court)

Li Na is currently 6^th in the Women’s WTA rankings and has so far gone through the whole tournament without dropping a single set and has swept aside the likes of Goerges, Radwanska and Sharapova in the process. William Hill has her priced at 6/5 to win this match.

Azarenka has without a doubt had an easier route to the final and is yet to play anyone who would pose her much of a threat. This may perhaps work in Li Na’s favour as Victoria hasn’t really been pushed yet this year and that may well tell in the big points if Li Na can take her all the way in the opening set. Despite this Azarenka is the defending champion and knows how to win under pressure so she will be heading into this match as confident as ever as world number one. Therefore she is tipped as the favourite amongst the bookies and is at 4/6 to win this tournament back to back.

It has the potential to be a thrilling contest with the most likely winner being Azarenka. Li Na will be fully aware how many people will be watching her back home in China which could either act as a great motivator or could just heap even more pressure onto her. Both players like to play from the bass line so it should be an even affair. The match is likely to head to three sets and then it just comes down to who can hold their nerves the best and restrict the amount of unforced errors they make. Very little separates the two players with their one grand slam each, Li Na to win 2-1 is at 7/2 on Skybet whilst a 2-1 win in the favour of the Belarusian is 3/1.

Prediction – 2-1 WLW to Victoria Azarenka at 7/1 on Skybet

Enjoy a £10 free bet with Stan James – simply open an account and bet £10 and Stan James will give you a free £10 bet! Click here to get this offer.

*Click here for all the latest odds on upcoming football matches