World number 38 Magda Linette faces the Mexican qualifier and 66th-ranked Renata Zarazua in the first round of the 2025 WTA Abu Dhabi Open which will be played on Tuesday, February 3. Get all the Magda Linette v Renata Zarazua predictions, betting tips and odds for this encounter in the section below.
Looking to Watch & Bet on the Linette v Zarazua Tennis Live Streaming Online?
- For tennis fans in the Europe & elsewhere go to bet365 > Tennis > Live Streaming here* to watch & bet on the ATP & WTA tennis live.
*Live streaming T&Cs: You can watch live sport on your mobile, tablet or desktop including Soccer, Tennis and Basketball. All you need is a funded account or to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours to qualify. Geo-restrictions apply.
Linette v Zarazua Head to Head
Their only previous meeting came at the 2022 Tampico Open and Linette had won that encounter.
Linette Needs to Start Winning
Magda Linette had been giving her opponents a run for their money in the 2022-23 period with the Polish player hitting a career-best ranking of 19th in the world as a result of that.
Over the last year and a half, she won a tournament in Prague too but other than her form has slowly deteriorated. Enough for her to fall to 38th on the WTA charts.
That form loss has continued in 2025.
It started with a straight-set loss to McCartney Kessler in the first round of the Brisbane International, and continued at the Hobart International and Australian Open in which she won just one match.
The defeats came to Maya Joint and Moyuka Uchijima.
Can she turn things around here with a deep run?
- Get all the remaining WTA Abu Dhabi Open 2025 betting information here
- Get all the remaining tennis betting tips and predictions of the day here
- Also read what’s a Tennis Betting Accumulator here
Zarazua Makes it Through the Qualifiers Easily
While Renata Zarazua would think she should have done better than her first round loss at the Linz Open, a tournament in which she fell to Hailey Baptiste, it looks like she has gone back to her steady ways.
Featuring in the qualifiers here, Zarazua defeated Ysaline Bonaventure Zeynap Sonmez without dropping a set to make it to the main draw.
This follows a second round appearance at each of the previous three tournaments that Zarazua has played this year other than in Linz. She defeated Viktoriya Tomova in Brisbane, Lucia Bronzetti in Adelaide and then won against Taylor Townsend at the Australian Open.
Can she surprise a player who is way higher ranked than her but in the kind of form that could allow her a good chance here?
Linette v Zarazua Prediction
Not much to choose between the two as far as their winning odds go but Zarazua’s form tips the scales in her favour for us despite the difference in their rankings. Backing her to edge past Linette.
Linette v Zarazua Tips
- Zarazua to win: 9/11
