Emma Raducanu vs Moyuka Uchijima Prediction 3/6/25 Indian Wells Tennis Picks

Emma Raducanu and Moyuka Uchijima meet in the first round of the 2025 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells on Thursday, March 6, 2025. Here’s our Emma Raducanu vs Moyuka Uchijima prediction. This article will also include an Emma Raducanu vs Moyuka Uchijima pick.

Emma Raducanu Preview

Emma Raducanu will play in the sixth WTA tournament of 2025. The Brit started the season competing at the Australian Open where she reached the third round there, in what turned out to be her best result so far.

Raducanu endured a winless spell lasting four matches between Melbourne and Doha before she snapped the losing streak in Dubai by beating former top 10 player Maria Sakkari. But the former US Open champion fell in her subsequent round in the U.A.E to Karolina Muchova in straight sets.

Raducanu is making her fifth trip to Indian Wells. Her best result was in reaching the last 16 in 2023. Last year, she was beaten by eventual champion Iga Swiatek in the third round. Raducanu can re-enter the top 50 with a deep run at the BNP Paribas Open.

Moyuka Uchijima Preview

Moyuka Uchijima is ranked 52nd in the WTA ranking, which is a career-high for the Japanese. Uchijima is coming off a three-set defeat to Anna Blinkova in Austin.

So, Uchijima’s spring hard-court swing is well and truly underway having been to stateside much earlier. She has compiled a 7-9 record for the season with most of her victories coming in the qualifying rounds of tournaments.

She has recorded just two main draw wins, but they are big ones, beating Magda Linette at the Australian Open and Jelena Ostapenko as a qualifier in Dubai. Uchijima has never played in the main draw of Indian Wells before.

Emma Raducanu vs Moyuka Uchijima Head-To-Head

• Raducanu and Uchijima have played once on the WTA Tour.

• Raducanu leads Uchijima 1-0 in their head-to-head. She won their only meeting at the 2022 Seoul Open in straight sets.

Emma Raducanu vs Moyuka Uchijima Prediction

Raducanu will be relieved to have closure to the scary stalking incident. Look, whatever happened was sickening and absolutely uncalled for, and let’s hope Raducanu can wipe those frightening episodes out of her memory and focus on her tennis. She’s been desperate for a lucky break. This was a very productive tournament for her in the last two seasons. I fancy Raducanu to get it done here. The disparity in experience and shotmaking ability is huge. Raducanu is explosive when given time and space to unleash her groundstrokes and unless Uchijima can aggressively attack the short balls, then this will be a tough afternoon for the Japanese.