Poland’s Magda Linette will take on 4th seed Caroline Garcia in the fourth round of the Australian Open
Magda Linette has been a surprise package so far at the Australian Open. The Polish veteran started his campaign with convincing straight sets win over Mayar Sherif. She followed it up with a hard-fought 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory against 16th seed Anett Kontaveit. The 30-year-old then defeated another seeded player in no.19 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova to set up a fourth-round clash against Caroline Garcia.
Linette is a very experience player and has been active on the WTA circuit for more than a decade. She has already shown that she is no pushover against higher ranked opponents. As an unseeded player, Linette has got nothing to lose, and she will be hoping to cause more upsets going forward in the tournament.
Caroline Garcia’s form coming into the match
Caroline Garcia is seeded no.4 at the Australian Open and she is one of the favourites to clinch the title. Garcia began her campaign with straight sets win over Katherine Sebov and then registered another convincing victory against former US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez. Garcia carried her hot run of form to the third round and got the better of Germany’s Laura Siegmund without much ado.
Garcia has been making impressive strides on the WTA tour in the recent past. She ended 2022 on a high, making it to the finals of the season-ending WTA finals. She has now begun 2023 on a positive note and will be looking to go all the way in the first Grand Slam of the year.
Details:
Date – Monday, 23rd January
Court Type – Outdoor Hard Court
Telecast – Sony Sports Network
Start Time – To be announced
Location – Melbourne
Match details – Fourth Round
Head to head and Predictions
Linette and Garcia have played each other once before on the WTA tour. Garcia emerged victorious in that sole encounter and leads the overall head to head 1-0. Garcia is the clear favourite going into this match both in terms of experience and rankings. It will be an uphill task for Linette in this encounter butshe will pose a tough challenge. We are predicting a win in three sets for Caroline Garcia.
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