Magda Linette will play for the first time in her career in the Grand Slam quarter-finals. The Polish tennis player will fight against Karolina Pliskova to reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open. The match will start on January 25 at 00:00.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-2) for Pliskova – 1.82.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Under 23 – 1.74.
Linette is a comfortable opponent for Pliskova. In seven of the nine head-to-head encounters, the Czech player has won. Karolina has a very strong serve game in the tournament, which will once again give her the upper hand over Magda.
Pliskova has not given up a single set to her opponents. It will obviously be hard for Magda to count on breaks against Karolina today. Don’t expect it to be a long match.
Karolina Pliskova has renewed her partnership with Sascha Bazhin for the new season. She did not shine in the pre-slam tournaments, but in Melbourne she improved and reached the quarter-finals.
Pliskova reached the quarter-finals for the fourth time in her career at the Australian Open. Her best result so far is reaching the semifinals in 2019.
In the fourth round, Karolina easily defeated Zhang Shuai (6-0, 6-4). Shuai managed to put up at least a semblance of resistance only in the second set.
Interestingly, the match lasted only 55 minutes. The Czech player was very efficient on the first serve, with 82% of her points including 12 aces.
Pliskova has not given up a single set to her opponents in the current tournament. Before that, she defeated Wang Xiyu (6-1, 6-3), Yulia Putintseva (6-0, 7-5) and Varvara Gracheva (6-4, 6-2).
Linette, meanwhile, reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time.
In the fourth round, Magda defeated Caroline Garcia (7-6, 6-4). In the first set, she managed to get back from a double break.
It was her fourth win against a top-10 opponent.
Another big success for Linette was her victory over Anett Kontaveit (3-6, 6-3, 6-4) in the second round. The Estonian had been the world #2 not so long ago.
In addition, she defeated Mayar Sherif (7-5, 6-1) and Ekaterina Alexandrova (6-3, 6-4).
Magda Linette has notched up seven wins in her last ten meetings on the hard court.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 7/10
Karolina Pliskova’s Rating – 31
Karolina Pliskova Wins/Losses in 2023 – 6/2
Magda Linette’s Rating – 24
Magda Linette Wins/Losses in 2023 – 5/2
In four of the last five head-to-head meetings, less than 9.5 games have been played in the second set. We offer to bet “2nd Set Games Under 9.5” with odds of 1.93.
Pliskova leads with a score of 6-2 in the head-to-head encounters. The last time they met was at the US Open in 2022. In that match, Pliskova defeated Linette (6-2, 4-6, 7-6) in three sets.
The match will be played in Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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