Day 3 at the Australian Open should be another cracker, with warm weather and tasty matchups on the agenda. Tennis expert, Ace is back with some more betting previews for the night session. Check out his plays below and good luck to everyone following!
Australian Open Day 3 Betting Tips
S Wei vs J Paolini
It’s a two-time grand slam finalist, both in the last 12 months, taking on a qualifier here in the first round of the Australian Open. I sniff an upset.
It’s hard to fault the last 12 months from Jasmine Paolini, who comes into this tournament as the number 4 seed after finals appearances at Roland Garros and Wimbledon. After a career year, the 29-year-old Paolini will no longer go under the radar, as she can be seen as a threat on every surface. However, I do feel the market is perhaps overrating her a touch in match-ups where she can be a little exposed. As great as Paolini is at court movement and point construction, she can sometimes find herself at the mercy of her opponent for periods of time.
I’ve been pretty impressed with what I have seen from Sijia Wei recently. The 21-year-old made it to the final of the Takasaki ITF tournament in November, then started 2025 with a finals appearance in the Canberra 125 tournament and then making her way through one of the hardest three match stretches of any qualifier, with wins over Sasnovich, Korpatsch and Stojanovic, the latter in a final set tiebreak. She is putting up some solid numbers behind both her first and second serves, and has the game to be able to pressure Paolini in my opinion.
The moneyline price for Wei looks to be too big, and I will also take Wei with the game handicap as well.
Also Backing:
Wei to defeat Paolini - $5.30 (0.75 Units) at Betfair
Wei +5.5 games
$1.90 (1.75 Units)
A Rublev vs J Fonseca
One of the rising stars of tennis makes his Australian Open debut under lights, as Brazilian Joao Fonseca takes on Andrey Rublev on Margaret Court Arena tonight.
Joao Fonseca is only 18 years of age, however people are already starting to take note of his game. Dating back to the Next Gen finals, which took place the week before Christmas, Fonseca is an impressive 13-0 through the finals, Canberra Challenger and Australian Open Qualifying. Through the eight conventional matches that he has played in that time, Fonseca hasn’t dropped a set. This is a pretty big step up in opposition quality now for him, as he faces the world number 9 Andrey Rublev in what is his first best-of-5 match for his career.
Andrey Rublev has had a funny 12 months. He has played some brilliant tennis at times but has also been incredibly tough to watch at other times given his demeanour and behaviour on court. However, there may be some light at the end of the tunnel for Rublev, who has started working with a psychologist and has changed the way he manages his anxiety and stress. He has a significant experience edge here, and I truly don’t think that has been factored enough into the pricing of this match.
I’m willing to give Rublev a chance in this match-up over the best-of-5 set format. It is foreign territory for Fonseca, and Rublev deserves to be shorter than the price that is currently available for him to win this match.
Rublev to defeat Fonseca
$1.68 (2.5 Units)
