Linda Noskova vs Tatjana Maria Prediction 8/20/2025 Today’s Tennis Picks

Defending champion Linda Noskova will face Germany’s Tatjana Maria in the second round of the 2025 Monterrey Open. The match is scheduled for Wednesday, August 20. Here’s our Linda Noskova vs Tatjana Maria prediction. This preview will also include a Linda Noskova vs Tatjana Maria pick.

Linda Noskova vs Tatjana Maria Preview

Linda Noskova kicked off her title defense in Monterrey with a win over Lulu Sun. It was a rematch of last year’s title match in which Noskova won in two sets. And the outcome remained the same on Tuesday night with Noskova winning in straight sets. The match took 26 games to decide and lasted an hour and 44 minutes.

Both players saved break points on serve in the first set, which was decided in a tie-break. Noskova dominated the breaker, losing only two points. Noskova did not face a break point on her serve in the second set, but Sun saved a couple and did enough to force another tie-break. This time, the New Zealander played well to earn a set point at 7-6 in the tie-break, but could not convert. And Noskova made her pay a hefty price as she won three points in a row to win the match in two tiebreak sets.

Noskova finished the match with 13 aces and one double fault. Noskova landed 62% of first serves in play and won 87% of first serve points (39/45). Noskova won 75% of second serve points (21/28). She saved two break points in the match. Noskova is now 6-0 in Monterrey and is 14-11 on hard courts in 2025.

Tatjana Maria is coming off a straight-sets win over Hungary’s Anna Bondar. The match lasted over two hours and took 25 games to decide. Maria won the first set in a tie-break in which both players had earlier lost their service games twice. She needed four set points to win it 7-5. In the second set, Bondar led 3-1 and then 5-2, but failed to serve for it, as Maria came storming back to win five games in a row to turn the set around and complete the recovery and victory.

Maria hit five aces and three double faults in the victory. She landed 52% of first serves in play and won 63% of first serve points (27/43). Maria won 50% of second serve points (20/40). She saved six of 10 break points. This was Maria’s second win from her last five tournaments. She improves to 12-10 on hard courts.

Linda Noskova vs Tatjana Maria Head-To-Head

This will be the very first meeting between Linda Noskova and Tatjana Maria.

Linda Noskova vs Tatjana Maria Prediction

This match should be on Noskova’s racket. She’s the proactive player and possesses the heavier artillery to win points with just a few shots. Maria will always look to trip up that rhythm with her wicked slices and some strong serving, but she can only do that for short stretches and not longer than a set. If Noskova gets her game in working order, as she did in her opening win, I don’t expect her to encounter any hurdles in this match.