Azarenka v Na Li Tennis Betting – WTA Final Live at BetFair – 13.01.12

Victoria Azarenka v Na Li tennis betting is the great match we have to look forward too in the final of the WTA Sydney. It’s an early finish of course to this tournament (on a Friday) as the Australian Open gets underway next week. So this has been an important tennis tournament to follow in terms of looking ahead to next week at just what we have in store to come. Importantly in WTA Sydney betting, we lost Caroline Wozniacki in the quarter finals against Agnieszka Radwanska, but more importantly, the World Number One picked up a wrist injury ahead of Melbourne next week. We also saw Petra Kvitova, who would have taken over the world number one spot had she won this tournament, crash out in the semi finals against Na Li. So this Premier tier event in the women’s tennis betting has proven to be very interesting, but at least one of the pre-tournament favourites has made it all the way to the final.

Victoria Azarenka is a position to lay down an early marker for the season by taking this title, and it would confirm that she is back for serious business and gunning hard for her first Grand Slam title in Melbourne. Azarenka came on leaps and bounds last season, calming her fiery temperament and ramping up her concentration to become one of the best players on the circuit towards the end of last season. The confidence this would do her in her Grand Slam quest would do wonders, and she has to be pencilled in as one of the favourites to take the Australian Open title. She has been playing some very powerful tennis through the WTA Sydney and really hasn’t skipped a heartbeat. Her toughest opponent was the bubbly Marion Bartoli in the semi finals, but Azarenka still took that in straight sets. So she is looking very fit, strong and in the zone right now. There were questions about her consistency, especially in big games. She broke that habit a while a go and needs to reaffirm that she is a winner.

So standing between Azarenka and her first title of the season, is Na Li, who has set herself up for the defence of her title here. It didn’t look good at 6-1 3-1 down half way through the match for Na Li, but somehow, that characteristic doggedness kicked in and she just never gave up. It was a remarkable comeback for victory against Kvitova, and the Chinese star again looks to be heading to a bright start to the early new season. Na won the Sydney title last year against Kim Clijsters and will be jumping after triumphing over Kvitova in such remarkable circumstances. This is the first final Na Li has reached since she lifted the French Open title at Roland Garros last year and after a pretty lack lustre second half of the season following that victory, it is good to see her lively personality back in the spotlight of a final. The two players most recently met at the season closer of the WTA Championships in December, which Azarenka won, but it is Li who holds the head to head advantage, leading the Belarusian by 4-2. Na Li has a great deal of fight and power in her low ground strokes, but it really should be time for Azarenka to fulfil all of her potential and promise this year by becoming more ruthless and see this tournament out. Na Li had to work a lot harder in her semi final, so fitness by be an issue in the final, and with the height and power that Azarenka gets off her serve, as long as she can keep Li moving and get her out of her comfort zone, really think that Azarenka will be able to control this match, and therefore the Belarusian is favourite in Victoria Azarenka v Na Li tennis betting.

WTA Sydney Azarenka v Li Betting Odds
Azarenka 4/6 at Boylesports, Na Li 13/10 at VCBet

Will be worth heading to online betting exchange BetFair for this one, as they are showing a live stream of the Azarenka v Li final from Sydney. Once again, BetFair have been treating their customers to a great deal of live tennis over the past couple of weeks and with them you can watch the final with their live tennis stream. This is a great way to enhance your live in play betting options, staying close to the action while you get your live bets down. Online betting exchange BetFair offer a risk free £25 bet for new customers registering an account. The bookie will refund the value of your first stake on a new account, if it loses, up to the maximum of £25. So a nice risk free way to get started, and there is also an option of earning up to £1000 in cash back on the first 30 days of your account. The more you bet, the bigger you bet, the more cash you will be in line to get back.