Elena Rybakina vs Linda Noskova Prediction & Betting Tips - WTA Japan Open

Prediction published on 24/09/2023, 09:01  by Daniel Ngulu in Tennis Predictions

Third seed Elena Rybakina is scheduled to face Linda Noskova in the first round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open. The winner of this Monday match will meet either Anastacia Pavlyuchenkova or Donna Vekic in the second round. Rybakina arrives for this match following her third-round elimination at the US Open at the start of September. She will be keen to build on an otherwise solid season that has seen her make for finals. Coming to this tournament, Rybakina already has two titles, won at Indian Wells and Rome Open. In the French Open this year, these two met for the first time, and Rybakina won 6-3, 6-3 in the second round. The Kazakh has compiled a 43-14 record in 2023, a majority of the wins coming on hard courts. A loss to Sorana Cirstea in the US Open was her most recent outing, the 36th game on hard court this season. The 24-year-old has won 27 of the 36 matches.

Linda Noskova, ranked 41st will be playing her first match since her US Open elimination in the second round. Here she will aim to avoid another early exit, despite facing a much stronger player. Noskova will be keen to avenge her defeat to Rybakina in Paris, building on her five wins in eight matches. She’s lost in the first round in just one of her last five tournaments, which might give her some lift coming into this encounter. Ahead of this game, she has compiled a 31-19 win loss record. On hard courts, Noskova has won 20 of the 29 matches she’s played this season. Unlike Rybakina, the Czech has been to two finals this year, and lost both. The 18-year old lost to Aryna Sabalenka in the Adelaide 1 final then to Nao Hibino in Prague in August.