Linda Noskova and Sonay Kartal will clash against each other in the quarter of the China Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on CAPITAL GROUP DIAMOND. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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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 -> 1.46
Sonay Kartal -> 2.72

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Prediction and head to head Linda Noskova vs. Sonay Kartal

This will be the 2^nd time that Linda Noskova and Sonay Kartal square 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 locked horns, Noskova won 6-4 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Rome back in May 2025.

Highlights Linda Noskova vs Sonay Kartal – Rome 09-May-2025

Linda Noskova

Ranked no. 27, Noskova reached the quarter after beating Xiyu Wang 6-3 6-2, Qinwen Zheng 6-4 3-6 3-0 ret. and Anastasia Potapova 6-2 6-4.

In the 4^th round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Potapova (6-2 6-4). During the match, Noskova scored 68 points vs Potapova’s 51. Linda was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Regarding the service games, Noskova bagged 3 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Linda Noskova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Noskova put 53% of her first serves in, winning 66% (21/32) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Potapova 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Linda hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points she played.

Noskova has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 65% of her matches (179-96). 20-13 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Noskova has a compiled84-43 match record in the last 7 years on hard.

The Czech’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Prague.

Linda has an overall 32-22 win-loss record in 2025, 20-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Beijing

Sonay Kartal

Ranked no. 81, Kartal reached the quarter after defeating Alycia Parks 6-3 6-2, Daria Kasatkina 6-3 6-0, Maya Joint 6-3 6-2 and Mirra Andreeva 7-5 2-6 7-5.

In the 4^th round, The Brit defeated Andreeva (7-5 2-6 7-5).During the match Kartal scored less points (4) than Andreeva. In fact, the world no. 27 won 96 points vs Andreeva’s. That means that Kartal was more focused during the important points. Kartal was quite aggressive to blast 47 winners.

About the serving games, Kartal bagged 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sonay Kartal lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kartal put 66% of her first serves in, winning 68% (47/69) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Andreeva twice after converting 40% of her break points (2/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sonay has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points she played.

The Brit has an overall 24-19 win-loss record in 2025, 12-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Noskova	Kartal
Match played	3	4
Tot Set	8	9
Tot Games	57	81
Pts	199-165	273-215
Total Points	364	488
Winners	83	116
%Winners	42%	42%

Noskova played 3 matches while Kartal competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Linda Noskova lost 1 set, while Sonay Kartal conceded 1 set. Noskova has played 1 set(s) less than Kartal (8 vs 9). Therefore, Noskova played 24 games less than Kartal. The Czech scored 83 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit scored 116 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Noskova	Kartal
Aces	7	8
Avg per match	2.3	2
1st in	115/189	164/236
%1st in	61%	69%
1st pts	83/115	116/164
%1st pts	72%	71%
2nd pts	37/74	44/72
%2nd pts	50%	61%

Noskova fired 7 aces (2.3 per match). Kartal fired 8 aces (2 per match). Noskova won 72% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Kartal won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Noskova	Kartal
Won	12	16
Converted	12/24	16/32
% Converted	50%	50%
Conceded	14	12
Saved	9	6
% Saved	64%	50%
Times Broken	5	6

The Czech broke her opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Czech surrendered her serve 5 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. Kartal broke her opponents 16 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sonay conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.

Noskova
	R2 Wang	R3 Zheng	R4 Potapova	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-4 3-6 3-0 ret.	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	17	22	18	57
pts	60-44	71-70	68-51	199-165
Total points	104	141	119	364
Winners	31	31	21	83
%Winners	52%	44%	31%	42%
SERVE
Aces	0	4	3	7
Double Faults	3	6	6	15
1st in	40/56	43/73	32/60	115/189
% 1st in	71%	59%	53%	61%
1st pts	31/40	31/43	21/32	83/115
% 1st pts	78%	72%	66%	72%
2nd pts	9/16	14/30	14/28	37/74
% 2nd pts	56%	47%	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6	12
Converted	3/7	3/8	6/9	12/24
Converted %	43%	38%	67%	50%
Conceded	0	5	9	14
Saved	0/0	3/5	6/9	9
Saved %	–	60%	67%	42%
Times Broken	0	2	3	5

Kartal
	R1 Parks	R2 Kasatkina	R3 Joint	R4 Andreeva	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-3 6-0	6-3 6-2	7-5 2-6 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	17	15	17	32	81
pts	60-40	59-32	58-43	96-100	273-215
Total points	100	91	101	196	488
Winners	28	19	22	47	116
%Winners	47%	32%	38%	49%	42%
SERVE
Aces	2	1	3	2	8
Double Faults	1	1	1	1	4
1st in	35/46	28/40	32/45	69/105	164/236
% 1st in	76%	70%	71%	66%	69%
1st pts	28/35	19/28	22/32	47/69	116/164
% 1st pts	80%	68%	69%	68%	71%
2nd pts	8/11	9/12	7/13	20/36	44/72
% 2nd pts	73%	75%	54%	56%	61%
Breaks
Won	3	6	5	2	16
Converted	3/8	6/11	5/8	2/5	16/32
Converted %	38%	55%	63%	40%	50%
Conceded	0	3	3	6	12
Saved	0/0	1/3	1/3	4/6	6
Saved %	–	33%	33%	67%	44%
Times Broken	0	2	2	2	6

Tennis Scores in Beijing

• Miyu Kato/Fanny StollarKato/Fanny Stollar – Timea Babos/Luisa StefaniBabos/Luisa Stefani (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-7⁴ 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Cori GauffGauff – Eva LysLys (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Marcelo ArevaloArevalo (7-6⁴ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Danilo PetrovicPetrovic – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sumit NagalNagal – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-4 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hugo DellienDellien – Tommy RobredoRobredo (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ariel Behar/Gonzalo EscobarBehar/Gonzalo Escobar – Fabricio Neis/Fernando RomboliNeis/Fernando Romboli (7-6⁴ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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