Linda Noskova vs Angelique Kerber Prediction & Betting Tips - WTA Berlin Open

Prediction published on 16/06/2024, 02:54  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 16/06/2024 at 02:59 in Tennis Predictions

World number 29 Linda Noskova will play wildcard Angelique Kerber in the first round of the Berlin Ladies Open. The winner will then set up a second-round showdown with Ons Jabeur or a yet-to-be-determined qualifier. Noskova will be making her season debut on grass in Berlin. The Czech player is inexperienced on the surface and only made her grass debut last year where she won just one of four matches. She will hope this isn't the case this season. The 19-year-old is coming off a second-round elimination at the French Open to bring an end to her clay campaign. She has compiled a 17-10 record and starts out here ranked 28th in the live ranking. Noskova’s highlight for the season was a quarter-final finish at the Australian Open, her best-ever result at a major.

Angelique Kerber is playing her first tour event on home soil since a quarter-final finish at Bad Homburg in 2022. The home crowd is expected to be fully behind the former world number one. Kerber missed last season as she became a mom for the first time. The time away from the court impacted heavily on her world ranking as she dropped from the WTA top 30 and out of the top 600. The three-time Grand Slam champion has compiled a disappointing 7-11 record in her return to the tour this year. She has had memorable campaigns though at Indian Wells and Rome where she produced identical four-round finishes. Kerber, who lost in the first round at the French Open in her last outing, is ranked 223rd in the WTA.