US Open 2024: Victoria Azarenka vs Clara Burel preview, head-to-head, prediction, odds and pick
Match Details
Fixture: (20) Victoria Azarenka vs Clara Burel
Date: August 28, 2024
Tournament: US Open 2024
Round: Second round (Round of 64)
Venue: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York, United States
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Prize money: $75,000,000
Live telecast: USA - ESPN | Canada - TSN | UK - Sky Sports | India - Sony Sports
Victoria Azarenka vs Clara Burel preview
Former World No. 1 and the current 20th-seeded player Victoria Azarenka will take on Clara Burel of France in the second round of the 2024 US Open. Azarenka has had a good season, with a record of 29-13 to her name. The Bulgarian last played at the Canadian Open, where she had to retire in her Round of 16 match against Peyton Stearns.
The World No. 20 has secured some good results on hard courts in 2024, reaching the semi-final of the Miami Open, losing to Elena Rybakina. She also reached the semi-final of the Brisbane International and the quarter-final of the Citi Open, losing both of those matches to Aryna Sabalenka. At the US Open, the 20th seed defeated Yuliia Starodubtseva in three sets in the first round.
Clara Burel has not had the best of seasons in 2024, as her record of 18-20 is indicative of. The Frenchwoman has struggled to put together deep runs at events that she has played in. She did reach the quarter-final of the last event she played in, the Tennis in the Land, where she lost to top seed Beatriz Haddad Maia.
On hard courts, Burel has not distinguished herself in 2024. However, some of her good results include reaching the quarter-final at the Linz Open and making a decent third-round run at the Australian Open, where she lost to Oceane Dodin. At the 2024 US Open, the World No. 56 recovered after being bageled in her first set to defeat the 2017 champion Sloane Stephens in three sets in the first round.
Victoria Azarenka vs Clara Burel head-to-head
The head-to-head is 1-0 in favor of Azarenka, with the Bulgarian winning the only match at this year's Brisbane International.
Victoria Azarenka vs Clara Burel odds
(Odds are sourced from BetMGM)
Victoria Azarenka vs Clara Burel prediction
Azarenka has a 46-16 record at Flushing Meadows, with the former World No. 1 being a three-time runner-up in New York in 2012, 2013, and 2020. She lost the first of those finals to Serena Williams and lost to Naomi Osaka in 2020. The Bulgarian, however, has won the other hard-court major, the Australian Open, twice, in 2012 and 2013.
Clara Burel has won four matches in New York in her short Grand Slam career. The French player reached the third round at the Open last year, losing to Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets. Hard courts have not been her specialty, as she has won just 43 percent of the matches on the surface till 2023.
Given Azarenka's seeding, and her record in New York, she is the favorite to win the second-round match against Burel.
Pick- Azarenka to win in straight sets