Madrid Open 2023: Kontaveit vs Muchova Tennis Prediction & Pick

TennisSection previews the 2023 Madrid Open first-round match featuring Anett Kontaveit vs. Karolina Muchova on Tuesday, April 25, 2023.

Anett Kontaveit vs. Karolina Muchova Preview

Anett Kontaveit will face in-form Karolina Muchova in a popcorn first-round match at the 2023 Madrid Open. Who will prevail?

Anett Kontaveit has slipped to 87th in the world rankings after a dreadful start to the year. The Estonian has won two WTA matches all season and confessed her experience with her chronic back injury issues. Kontaveit said she might never be able to play without the pain and is taking preventive measures in order to continue with her career. She’ll kick off her clay swing with a tough first-round match at the Madrid Open against Karolina Muchova.

Karolina Muchova has had her fair share of injuries throughout her career. She’s already retired from one match this year due to an abdominal strain, but luckily for her, she has returned to full fitness pretty fast. Muchova has played a fine season highlighted by vaulting in the WTA rankings to within a touching distance of the top 50. She’ll not need to play in qualifying at the Madrid Open due to the expanded draw this year. Let’s see if she can continue her recent spell of good form to the clay when she faces Anett Kontaveit.

Anett Kontaveit vs. Karolina Muchova Prediction and Pick

Karolina Muchova leads Anett Kontaveit 2-0 in their head-to-head. This should be a good matchup for Muchova who not only enters this match as the favorite but is playing an opponent struggling big time to resuscitate her confidence. Kontaveit is playing with a back injury and it’s a problem that won’t go away. She is currently taking preventive action to lessen the discomfort and pain. That explains her terrible run of results in 2023. A Muchova ML is a solid pick for adding to a parlay.