Linda Noskova and Mccartney Kessler will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Miami Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Linda Noskova is the pick to win this match.
Linda Noskova -> 1.53
Mccartney Kessler -> 2.5

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Prediction and head to head Linda Noskova vs. Mccartney Kessler

This will be the 2^nd time that Linda Noskova and Mccartney Kessler face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Noskova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Noskova won 6-3 1-6 6-4 in the 2^nd round in at the Australian Open back in 2024.

Highlights Linda Noskova vs Mccartney Kessler – Australian Open 18-January-2024

Linda Noskova

Ranked no. 31, Noskova will start her run in Miami after she played her last match in Indian Wells where she lost 6-1 6-4 to Sun in the 2^nd round on the 7^th of March.

Linda has an aggregate 9-7 win-loss record in 2025, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Linda’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Abu Dhabi.

Talking about her overall career, Noskova has an overall 156-81 record. She has a positive 73-37 record on hard.

Previously in Miami

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2024. See her history.

Mccartney Kessler

Ranked no. 48, Kessler got to the 2^nd round after defeating Marie Bouzkova 6-4 2-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Kessler defeated Bouzkova (6-4 2-6 6-4).During the match Kessler scored less points (2) than Bouzkova. In fact, the world no. 31 won 96 points vs Bouzkova’s. That means that Kessler was more focused during the important points. Kessler was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Kessler scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 2 double faults. Mccartney Kessler lost the serve 6 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kessler put 54% of her first serves in, winning 60% (33/55) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (21/46) on the 2nd serve. Kessler broke Bouzkova 6 times after converting 33% of her break points (6/18).

Her best result of the season was conquering the title in Hobart where she defeated Elise Mertens in the final 6-4 3-6 6-0.

Kessler has a compiled 16-7 win-loss record in 2025, 16-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Miami

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See her history

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Tennis Scores in Miami

• Cori GauffGauff – Sofia KeninKenin (6-0 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ashlyn KruegerKrueger – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-4 2-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Alycia ParksParks (7-6¹ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elena Gabriela RuseGabriela Ruse – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Qinwen ZhengZheng – Lauren DavisDavis (6-1 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mateo Nicolas MartinezNicolas Martinez – Gabriele Maria NoceMaria Noce (6-0 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Luca GiacominiGiacomini – Jake HerseyHersey (6-0 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Michal DembekDembek – Maxime HamouHamou (7-6⁴ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mariano KestelboimKestelboim – Hugo PonticoPontico (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Imanol Lopez MorilloLopez Morillo – Mateus Alves (2001)Alves (2001) (6-4 6-7² 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Skander MansouriMansouri – Aaron SchmidSchmid (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aziz DougazDougaz – Yuichiro InuiInui (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aryna SabalenkaAryna – Viktoriya TomovaViktoriya (6-3 6-0) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Donna VekicVekic – Rebeka MasarovaMasarova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor TownsendTownsend – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Magda LinetteLinette (2-3) – H2H and prediction
• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ons JabeurJabeur – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (2-5) – H2H and prediction
• Emma NavarroNavarro – Emma RaducanuRaducanu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mccartney KesslerKessler – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Mayar SherifSherif (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kimberly BirrellBirrell – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bernarda PeraPera – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Madison KeysKeys – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Clara TausonTauson – Julia GrabherGrabher (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Belinda BencicBencic – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Elise MertensMertens – Peyton StearnsStearns (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-5) – H2H and prediction
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – (1-2) – H2H and prediction