Naomi Osaka and Linda Noskova will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Wuhan Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 5:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Naomi Osaka who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Naomi Osaka is the pick to win this match.
Naomi Osaka -> 1.5
Linda Noskova -> 2.58

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Prediction and head to head Naomi Osaka vs. Linda Noskova

There is no head to head record between Naomi Osaka and Linda Noskova since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Naomi Osaka

Ranked no. 16, Naomi reached the 2^nd round after beating Leylah Annie Fernandez 4-6 7-5 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Annie Fernandez, Naomi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-3). During the match, Osaka scored 104 points vs Annie Fernandez’s 95. Osaka was pretty aggressive to blast 47 winners.

Talking about the service games, Osaka scored 10 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Naomi Osaka lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Osaka put 59% of her first serves in, winning 69% (47/68) of the points behind her 1st serve and 51% (24/47) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Annie Fernandez 4 times after converting 44% of her break points (4/9).

Osaka has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of her matches (247-126). 22-8 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Osaka has an overall 179-77 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the year was conquering the title the Malo where she beat Kaja Juvan in the final 6-1 7-5.

The Japanese has an overall 33-14 win-loss record in 2025, 22-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Wuhan

Linda Noskova

Ranked no. 17 (career-high), Linda got to the 2^nd round after beating Yulia Putintseva 6-4 4-6 7-6(2).

In the 1^st round, The Czech defeated Putintseva (6-4 4-6 7-6²). During the match Noskova scored 118 points vs Putintseva’s 113. Noskova was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.

About the serving games, Noskova made 2 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Linda Noskova lost the serve 6 times and she saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Noskova put 57% of her first serves in, winning 62% (44/71) of the points behind her 1st serve and 49% (26/53) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Putintseva 6 times after converting 38% of her break points (6/16).

The Czech’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Prague and Beijing.

The Czech has an overall 35-23 win-loss record in 2025, 23-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Osaka	Noskova
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	33
Pts	104-95	118-113
Total Points	199	231
Winners	47	44
%Winners	45%	37%

Both Osaka and Noskova played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Naomi Osaka surrendered 1 set, while Linda Noskova surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Osaka and Noskova have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Osaka played 2 games less than Noskova. Osaka scored 47 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Linda made 44 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Osaka	Noskova
Aces	10	2
Avg per match	10	2
1st in	68/115	71/124
%1st in	59%	57%
1st pts	47/68	44/71
%1st pts	69%	62%
2nd pts	24/47	26/53
%2nd pts	51%	49%

Osaka recorded 10 aces . Noskova struck 2 aces . Osaka won 69% points on her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Noskova won 62% of the points behind 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	Osaka	Noskova
Won	4	6
Converted	4/9	6/16
% Converted	44%	38%
Conceded	8	17
Saved	5	11
% Saved	63%	65%
Times Broken	3	6

The Japanese broke her opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Osaka conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. The Czech broke her opponent 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Linda conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 65% of the break points that she conceded.

Osaka
	R1 Annie	Total
Score	4-6 7-5 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	104-95	104-95
Total points	199	199
Winners	47	47
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	10	10
Double Faults	8	8
1st in	68/115	68/115
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	47/68	47/68
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	24/47	24/47
% 2nd pts	51%	51%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	5/8	5
Saved %	63%	63%
Times Broken	3	3

Noskova
	R1 Putintseva	Total
Score	6-4 4-6 7-62
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	33	33
pts	118-113	118-113
Total points	231	231
Winners	44	44
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	71/124	71/124
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	44/71	44/71
% 1st pts	62%	62%
2nd pts	26/53	26/53
% 2nd pts	49%	49%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/16	6/16
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	17	17
Saved	11/17	11
Saved %	65%	65%
Times Broken	6	6

Tennis Scores in Wuhan

• Laura SiegemundSiegemund – Mirra AndreevaAndreeva (6-7⁴ 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Johannes HaerteisHaerteis (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Facundo BagnisBagnis – Zsombor PirosPiros (6-4 4-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Andrej MartinMartin – Nicola KuhnKuhn (7-5 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Lucas MiedlerMiedler (6-4 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elias YmerYmer – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Peter HellerHeller (6-3 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Filip HoranskyHoransky – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Santiago GiraldoGiraldo (6-1 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Oscar OtteOtte – Aleksandre MetreveliMetreveli (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Constant LestienneLestienne – Thiemo de Bakkerde Bakker (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Gianluca MagerMager – Pedro CachinCachin (6-3 5-7 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Dustin BrownBrown – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alex MolcanMolcan – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (6-7⁴ 6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Daniel MasurMasur (0-6 6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Pedro SousaSousa (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel Gimeno-TraverGimeno-Traver – Rogerio Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (3-6 7-6⁵ 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings

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