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Victoria Azarenka vs Alycia Parks Pick – Tennis Predictions & Odds 4/28/23

Alycia Parks vs Victoria Azarenka
April 28, 2023 9:00 am EDT
The Line: Victoria Azarenka / Alycia Parks
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Alycia Parks and Victoria Azarenka meet in the second round of the 2023 tennis Madrid Open. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

Alycia Parks is coming off a 3 sets win over Anna Karolina Schmiedlova that took 29 games to decide. In the victory, Parks won 69 percent of her first serve points and 64 percent of her second serve points. Parks won 67 percent of her total service points and converted on 6 of her 12 break points. Parks got 46 percent of her first serves in play and hit 14 aces. Parks won as a +200 underdog, and it was her first WTA 1000 victory, so a breakthrough for the 22-year-old. Parks looks to win back to back matches for the first time since winning Lyon back in February. Parks has split her last 10 matches on clay court.

Victoria Azarenka will play her first match since Charleston, which means this will be her first match in over 3 weeks. Azarenka has split her last 8 matches overall, and it kind of feels like she’s still trying to get in a rhythm this year. Azarenka has a career 70 percent winning percentage in Madrid, and a lot of that has to do with back to back final trips in 2011-12. It’s been a lot of early exits in this tournament for Azarenka since those deep runs. Azarenka has won 6 of her last 10 matches on clay court.

There’s no match history between these 2 players.

Azarenka hasn’t been great these last couple of months, and she’s been underwhelming in this tournament over the last decade. A Parks victory here wouldn’t be shocking. However, Parks was also subpar with her serve in her last performance even with the aces, and a player like Azarenka will make her pay on those second serves. This is a chance for Azarenka to kind of get going.

Give me Azarenka to advance.

Randy Chambers's Free Pick: Victoria Azarenka

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