Linda Noskova and Nao Hibino will fight against each other in the quarter of the Livesport Prague Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on Centre. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Linda Noskova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Linda Noskova is the pick to win this match.
Linda Noskova -> 1.35
Nao Hibino -> 3.44

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Prediction and head to head Linda Noskova vs. Nao Hibino

There is no head to head record between Linda Noskova and Nao Hibino since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Linda Noskova

Ranked no. 112 (career-high), the Czech reached the quarter after defeating Natalia Vikhlyantseva 6-2 3-1 ret. and Alize Cornet 7-5 1-6 7-6⁷.

In the 2^nd round, The Czech defeated Cornet (7-5 1-6 7-6⁷).During the match, Noskova scored less points (11) than Cornet. In fact, the world no. 112 won 99 points vs Cornet’s. That means that Noskova was more focused during the important points. Noskova was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about the service games, Noskova made 3 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Linda Noskova lost the serve 5 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Noskova put 62% of her first serves in, winning 69% (42/61) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (17/37) on the 2nd serve. Noskova broke Cornet 4 times after converting 33% of her break points (4/12).

Noskova has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 72% of her matches (73-28). 5-2 on hard in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Noskova has a compiled18-9 record in the last 4 years on hard.

Linda has a composed 28-9 win-loss record in 2022, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Prague

Nao Hibino

Ranked no. 251, Nao reached the quarter after defeating Rebecca Sramkova 7-6⁹ 6-1, Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-2 6-2 and Barbora Krejcikova 3-6 7-6⁵ 6-3.

In the 2^nd round against Krejcikova, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-6⁵ 6-3). During the match Hibino scored 110 points vs Krejcikova’s 107. Nao was very aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Talking about serving, Hibino blasted 2 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Nao Hibino lost the serve 7 times and she saved 15 break points. Furthermore, Hibino put 66% of her first serves in, winning 55% (46/83) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (18/42) on the 2nd serve. Hibino broke Krejcikova 6 times after converting 50% of her break points (6/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Hibino started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points she played.

Nao’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the W25 Chiang Rai.

The Japanese has a compiled 22-18 win-loss record in 2022, 15-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Prague

The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Noskova	Hibino
Match played	2	3
Tot Set	6	7
Tot Games	44	67
Pts	146-140	244-202
Total Points	286	446
Winners	58	95
%Winners	40%	39%

Noskova played 2 matches while Hibino competed in 3 matches. Hibino started her run from the qualifications while Noskova had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Linda Noskova lost 1 set, while Nao Hibino dropped 1 set. Noskova has played 1 set(s) less than Hibino (6 vs 7). Therefore, Noskova played 23 games less than Hibino. Linda scored 58 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Nao struck 95 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Noskova	Hibino
Aces	7	6
Avg per match	3.5	2
1st in	86/138	161/255
%1st in	62%	63%
1st pts	58/86	95/161
%1st pts	67%	59%
2nd pts	27/52	46/94
%2nd pts	52%	49%

Noskova made 7 aces (3.5 per match). Hibino bagged 6 aces (2 per match). Noskova won 67% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Hibino won 59% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Noskova	Hibino
Won	8	17
Converted	8/17	17/27
% Converted	47%	63%
Conceded	14	34
Saved	8	22
% Saved	57%	65%
Times Broken	6	12

Linda broke her opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Linda lost her serve 6 times and she saved 57% of the break points that she conceded. Hibino broke her opponents 17 times with a 63% conversion rate. Nao conceded her serve 12 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded.

Noskova
	R1 Vikhlyantseva	R2 Cornet	Total
Score	6-2 3-1 ret.	7-5 1-6 7-67
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	12	32	44
pts	47-30	99-110	146-140
Total points	77	209	286
Winners	16	42	58
%Winners	34%	42%	40%
SERVE
Aces	4	3	7
Double Faults	2	7	9
1st in	25/40	61/98	86/138
% 1st in	63%	62%	62%
1st pts	16/25	42/61	58/86
% 1st pts	64%	69%	67%
2nd pts	10/15	17/37	27/52
% 2nd pts	67%	46%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	4	8
Converted	4/5	4/12	8/17
Converted %	80%	33%	47%
Conceded	5	9	14
Saved	4/5	4/9	8
Saved %	80%	44%	62%
Times Broken	1	5	6

Hibino
	Q1 Sramkova	Q3 Selekhmeteva	R1 Buzarnescu	R2 Krejcikova	Total
Score	7-69 6-1	6-2 2-6 6-3	6-2 6-2	3-6 7-65 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	2	3	10
Tot Games	20	25	16	31	92
pts	73-61	–	61-34	110-107	244-202
Total points	134	0	95	217	446
Winners	27		22	46	95
%Winners	37%	0%	36%	42%	39%
SERVE
Aces	1	0	3	2	6
Double Faults	5		2	7	14
1st in	42/80	/	36/50	83/125	161/255
% 1st in	53%	0%	72%	66%	63%
1st pts	27/42	/	22/36	46/83	95/161
% 1st pts	64%	0%	61%	55%	59%
2nd pts	21/38	/	7/14	18/42	46/94
% 2nd pts	55%	0%	50%	43%	49%
Breaks
Won	4		7	6	17
Converted	4/6	/	7/9	6/12	17/27
Converted %	67%	0%	78%	50%	63%
Conceded	6		6	22	34
Saved	4/6	0/	3/6	15/22	22
Saved %	67%	–	50%	68%	93%
Times Broken	2		3	7	12

Tennis Scores in Prague

• Anastasia Potapova/Yana SizikovaPotapova/Yana Sizikova – Viktoria Kuzmova/Monica NiculescuKuzmova/Monica Niculescu (7-6⁴ 3-6 10-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alessandro BegaBega – Joao MonteiroMonteiro (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Joao DominguesDomingues – Sebastien BoltzBoltz (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yannick MertensMertens – Frederico GilGil (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – David Vega HernandezVega Hernandez (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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