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

Prediction published on 08/10/2025, 15:19  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 08/10/2025 at 15:21 in Tennis Predictions

Linda Noskova has another matchup with a top 10 player; at the Wuhan Open, she is set to face eighth seed Elena Rybakina. These two are meeting for the third time, and the winner will face Aryna Sabalenka or Liudmila Samsonova. Read on for our prediction of the match.

Noskova will look at her win over Naomi Osaka in the last round with a lot of positivity. The Czech finally managed a straight-set win after three consecutive matches that needed deciders.

A debutant at Wuhan, the Czech was a losing finalist in Beijing last week. Her win over Osaka improved her live rank to 17th and her record against top-20 players to 10-10 but she's at 11-17 against top-10 players.

For the third season in a row, these two players get to meet. Rybakina has a 2-0 head-to-head advantage, and both were in straight sets. The most recent was on a hardcourt.

The Kazakh has spent close to three hours less than Noskova on the courts in Wuhan. After her first-round bye, Rybakina is coming off a straight-set defeat of Jaqueline Cristian in a match that needed just one hour and 24 minutes.

Winner of the Strasbourg title, Rybakina has a 14-4 record in the third round and has won 47 of her 65 matches this season.

She arrives here, placed ninth in the live rank.