World 17 Karolina Muchova will take on the 60th-ranked Emma Raducanu in the second round of the 2025 WTA Dubai Tennis Championships which will be played on Tuesday, February 18. Get all the Karolina Muchova v Emma Raducanu predictions, betting tips and odds for this encounter in the section below.
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Karolina Muchova v Emma Raducanu Head to Head
Muchova and Raducanu have never faced off in a competitive match before this.
Muchova Tames Lamens in Opener
Karolina Muchova has had a bit of an up and down kind of a start to the season with a 2-2 record at the United Cup, a second round exit at the Australian Open and a semifinal appearance in Linz where she went down to the eventual champion Ekaterina Alexandrova.
In her opener here, Muchova was up against Suzan Lamens whom she defeated 6-2, 6-2 in a match that went on for a mere hour and 13 minutes.
She slammed nine aces and while the Czech player faced four break-points, she saved all of them while getting the better of Lamens’ serve on four occasions.
A quarterfinalist here in 2023 where Muchova had won three successive rounds in straight sets before withdrawing from her match against Jessica Pegula, she would like to get somewhere close to that showing again.
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Raducanu Beats Sakkari in Style
The pressure had been mounting on Emma Raducanu to justify the kind of hype that she has received but not been able to live up to since winning the US Open in 2021.
Fortunately for her, a performance like the one that was on show in the first round against Maria Sakkari should calm those frayed nerves down a little as she raced off to a 6-4, 6-2 win.
And by accounts, it wasn’t just the fact that she won in straight sets, it was the fact that Raducanu played in a manner that had made her the champion player she was a few years ago.
That coming on the back of Raducanu defeats at the hands of Cristina Bucsa, Marketa Vondrousova, Ekaterina Alexandrova and Iga Swiatek in her last four successive matches would have been equal parts relief and inspiring.
Raducanu was on the court for less than an hour and a half and while she lost her serve, she also broke Sakkari on five occasions to run away with the win.
Can she now repeat this showing against Muchova?
Muchova v Raducanu Prediction
While Raducanu dished out an impressive performance one also needs to look at the fact that her opponent Sakkari is herself going through a form slump. While Muchova isn’t doing overwhelming well this season, she holds the aces here and should start off a heavy favourite.
Muchova v Raducanu Tips
- Muchova to win: 2/5
- Muchova to win in straight sets: 1/1
