Linda Noskova and Ankita Raina will square off in the 2nd round of the Livesport Prague Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:00 pm on Centre. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.122
Ankita Raina -> 6.2
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Prediction and head to head Linda Noskova vs. Ankita Raina
This will be the 2nd time that Linda Noskova and Ankita Raina face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Noskova (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Noskova won 6-4 6-0 in the 1st round in the Sultan back in 2022.
Linda Noskova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-15 | 14-6 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-20 | 22-10 | 6-5 | 5-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-17 | 10-5 | 14-5 | 16-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-11 | 13-7 | 10-4 | 15-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 71, the Czech reached the 2nd round after beating Elvina Kalieva 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, Noskova had a good straight sets win against Kalieva (6-1 6-2). During the match, Noskova scored 54 points vs Kalieva’s 33. Linda was extremely aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Regarding the service games, Noskova fired 2 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Linda Noskova lost the serve once. Furthermore, Noskova put 53% of her first serves in, winning 65% (15/23) of the points behind her 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the 2nd serve. Linda broke Kalieva 5 times after converting 83% of her break points (5/6).
Noskova has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 68% of her matches (108-51). 12-5 on hard in 2023. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Noskova has an aggregate35-17 match record in the last 5 years on hard.
The Czech’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Adelaide.
Noskova has an aggregate 23-15 win-loss record in 2023, 12-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Prague
Ankita Raina
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-25 | 17-21 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-32 | 30-24 | 3-3 | 1-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-27 | 29-20 | 8-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-22 | 8-11 | 1-1 | 1-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-16 | 17-11 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 196, Ankita got to the 2nd round after defeating Amelie Smejkalova 6-3 6-2 and Barbora Strycova 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Strycova, The Indian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4).During the match Raina scored less points (4) than Strycova. In fact, the world no. 71 won 92 points vs Strycova’s. That means that Raina was more focused during the important points. Ankita was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Raina couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Ankita Raina lost the serve 3 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Raina put 74% of her first serves in, winning 60% (47/78) of the points behind her 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the 2nd serve. The Indian broke Strycova 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).
Ankita’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the W40 Bengaluru and the W25 Jakarta.
The Indian has an aggregate 33-23 win-loss record in 2023, 25-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Prague
Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Noskova | Raina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 45 |
| Pts | 54-33 | 151-133 |
| Total Points | 87 | 284 |
| Winners | 15 | 77 |
| %Winners | 28% | 51% |
Noskova played 1 match while Raina competed in 2 matches. Raina started her run from the qualifications while Noskova had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Ankita Raina surrendered 1 set while Linda Noskova hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Noskova has played 3 set(s) less than Raina (2 vs 5). Therefore, Noskova played 30 games less than Raina. Linda scored 15 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, Ankita scored 77 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Noskova | Raina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0 |
| 1st in | 23/43 | 121/154 |
| %1st in | 53% | 79% |
| 1st pts | 15/23 | 77/121 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 15/33 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 45% |
Noskova managed to score 2 aces . Raina didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Noskova won 65% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Raina won 64% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Noskova | Raina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 10 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 10/15 |
| % Converted | 83% | 67% |
| Conceded | 1 | 18 |
| Saved | 0 | 12 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
Linda broke her opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Linda conceded her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. Raina broke her opponents 10 times with a 67% conversion rate. Raina conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 67% of the break points that she conceded.
| Noskova | |||
| R1 Kalieva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 54-33 | 54-33 | |
| Total points | 87 | 87 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 23/43 | 23/43 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 15/23 | 15/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 14/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Raina | |||||
| Q1 Smejkalova |
Q3 Yastremska |
R1 Strycova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-0 6-0 | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 12 | 28 | 57 | |
| pts | 59-37 | – | 92-96 | 151-133 | |
| Total points | 96 | 0 | 188 | 284 | |
| Winners | 30 | 47 | 77 | ||
| %Winners | 51% | 0% | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1st in | 43/49 | / | 78/105 | 121/154 | |
| % 1st in | 88% | 0% | 74% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | / | 47/78 | 77/121 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 0% | 60% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 1/6 | / | 14/27 | 15/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 17% | 0% | 52% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Converted | 6/6 | / | 4/9 | 10/15 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 0% | 44% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 12 | 18 | ||
| Saved | 3/6 | 0/ | 9/12 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 75% | 125% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
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