Aryna Sabalenka and Magda Linette will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on MANOLO SANTANA STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.161
Magda Linette -> 5.25

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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Magda Linette

This will be the 4^th time that Aryna Sabalenka and Magda Linette face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Sabalenka won 7-6(1) 6-2 in the semifinal in at the Australian Open back in 2023.

Highlights Aryna Sabalenka vs Magda Linette – Australian Open 26-January-2023

Aryna Sabalenka

Ranked no. 2, the Belarussian will start her run in Madrid after she played her last match in Stuttgart where she lost 3-6 6-3 7-5 to Vondrousova in the quarter on the 19^th of April.

The Belarussian has an overall 15-5 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the season was conquering the title at the Australian Open where she beat Qinwen Zheng in the final 6-3 6-2.

Talking about her overall career, Aryna has an overall 333-159 record. She has a positive 63-36 record on clay.

Previously in Madrid

Previously, she won this tournament twice in 2021 and 2023. See her history.

Magda Linette

Ranked no. 48, the Pole reached the 2^nd round after beating Elisabetta Cocciaretto 3-6 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Cocciaretto, Magda recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-4). During the match Linette scored 87 points vs Cocciaretto’s 82. Linette was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, Linette struck 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Magda Linette lost the serve 5 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Linette put 59% of her first serves in, winning 73% (36/49) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (15/34) on the 2nd serve. The Pole broke Cocciaretto 5 times after converting 50% of her break points (5/10).

Linette’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Rouen.

Magda has a composed 10-11 win-loss record in 2024, 7-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Madrid

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2023. See her history.

Tennis Scores in Madrid

• Maria SakkariSakkari – Donna VekicVekic (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Emiliana ArangoArango (0-6 7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Sara ErraniErrani (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Emma NavarroNavarro – Nadia PodoroskaPodoroska (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Alexandra EalaEala (6-3 6-7⁶ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Tatjana MariaMaria (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Naomi OsakaOsaka (6-2 4-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Cori GauffGauff – Arantxa RusRus (6-0 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Madison KeysKeys – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (7-6³ 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Harri HeliovaaraHeliovaara (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Tsung-Hua YangYang (4-6 7-6⁴ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Zihao XiaXia – Di WuWu (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ze ZhangZhang – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Tatsuma ItoIto (7-6⁷ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Duckhee LeeLee – Yibing WuWu (6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• James WardWard – Arjun KadheKadhe (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Zhe LiLi (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maria Lourdes CarleMaria – Veronika KudermetovaVeronika (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Xiyu WangWang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elise MertensMertens – Sloane StephensStephens (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova – Ons JabeurJabeur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Qinwen ZhengZheng – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Caroline DolehideDolehide – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Daria GavrilovaGavrilova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Cristina BucsaBucsa – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Mayar SherifSherif (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Shelby RogersRogers (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Olga DanilovicDanilovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jaqueline CristianCristian – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Katie BoulterBoulter – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Magda LinetteLinette – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Emma NavarroNavarro (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Cori GauffGauff – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Madison KeysKeys – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Maria Lourdes CarleLourdes Carle (0-0) – H2H and prediction