Karolina Pliskova vs Magda Linette Prediction: Bet on a convincing win for Karolina

On 25 January 2023, a tennis match between Pliskova and Linette will take place on the Australian court in Melbourne. What should we expect in this match?

Karolina had an uncomplicated draw at the Australian Open. All of this resulted from the early departures of Kasatkina and Kudermetova. So, in the first round, the Czech defeated Wang Xiyu of China, the 53rd-ranked player in the world, in two sets. She then knocked out 47th-ranked Kazakhstan's Putintseva, 97th-ranked WTA Varvara Gracheva, and another 22nd-ranked Chinese, Zhang Shuai. The match against Zhang Shuai was short-lived, lasting less than an hour. For the game, Pliskova served 12 times on the court with four double faults, winning 82% of her points on her first serve and 33% on her second serve. Reception statistics: 41%/88%, winners/unforced errors statistics 33/13. It was a very high-quality match from the Czech. She will surely win if she plays at this level in the upcoming match. Note that Karolina already played in the semifinal stage of the Australian Open in 2019.

The first quarterfinal of a Grand Slam event for Magda, she is understandably inferior in experience to her future rival. At the same time, Linette has experience beating Karolina, which should give Magda confidence in her abilities. Before the start of the Australian Open, Magda played a string of matches for the national team with mixed success and fell at the Hobart tournament. In Melbourne, the Pole was stronger than Egypt's Sherif, Estonia's Kontaveit, Russia's Alexandrova, and France's Garcia. A great record, especially the victory over Garcia was a surprise. The match against Caroline lasted two hours, and Linette won it 7-6, 6-4. Magda served three aces and one double fault, winning 65% of points on the first serve and 69% on the second serve.

Pliskova and Linette have played each other eight times, 6-2 in favor of the Czech, but the Pole won the last face-off in two sets. At Grand Slam tournaments, the girls met twice at the US Open, both matches won by Karolina.

Pliskova is very good now. We have cited her stats against Zhang Shuai. It (stats) looks more like men's tennis than women's tennis, given the number of aces and winners. Reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open is a big achievement for Linette, and it's not certain that she will have enough motivation and morale to take on Pliskova, who has all the motivation, morals, and experience she needs. The Czech Republic will win this match handsomely, even in two games. Here are the following betting odds for Pliskova vs Linette:

• Handicap 1 (-1.5) for 1.73;
• Correct score 2:0 for 2.50.