Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Magda Linette Preview & Prediction | 2025 Miami Open | First Round

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Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova takes to the court for the first time in a WTA tournament since the Dubai Open last month, with Magda Linette her opponent.

Ranking points: WTA 1000

Start date/time: Tuesday 18th March, 2025: UK – not before 5:10pm / US ET – not before 1:10pm / US PT – not before 10:10am

Venue: Miami Gardens, Florida, USA

Surface: Outdoor hard

How to watch on TV: UK – Sky Sports Tennis / US – Tennis Channel

How to watch online: UK – Sky Go / US – Tennis Channel

Tickets: Visit this link for the latest Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Magda Linette ticket information

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Magda Linette Prediction

These two players have endured mixed results against each other down the years. While Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won the first three encounters between her and Magda Linette, the Pole has been successful in their last two matches over the last 12 months, albeit the latter fixture ended with Pavlyuchenkova retiring hurt in Abu Dhabi.

But Pavlyuchenkova has had a decent year so far and is coming off the back of a fourth quarter-final appearance at the Australian Open, the same hard court surface that she’ll compete on here. If the Russian plays a strong game here, she should get the better of Linette, but the latter pushed USA star Jessica Pegula hard at Indian Wells and won’t go down quietly.

Expect a fairly tight battle and it would be no surprise to see this match go the distance, as it did when the pair collided last year in Eastbourne, so consider backing Pavlyuchenkova to advance through to the second round in three sets.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Magda Linette Tip: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to win 2-1