Madrid 2023: Fruhvirtova vs. Volynets Tennis Prediction & Pick

TennisSection previews the 2023 Madrid Open first-round match featuring Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Katie Volynets on Tuesday, April 25, 2023.

Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Katie Volynets Preview

17-year-old Linda Fruhvirtova plays 21-year-old American Katie Volynets in the first round of the Madrid Open. Who will prevail?

Linda Fruhvirtova is not having the best of times lately, but at 17, an age where most of her peers have barely even broken the top 200, Fruhvirtova is enjoying the dizzying heights of a top 60 spot. The young Czech is making her second visit at the Madrid Open looking to register her first win here when she plays Katie Volynets.

Katie Volynets is on the precipice of re-entering the top 100. The 21-year-old Californian was a menace on hard courts in the first three months of the season, reaching the third round of the Australian Open as a qualifier and making the semifinal at the inaugural Austin Open. But it’s been one win in her last five matches and lost in the qualifying round in Stuttgart this past week.

Linda Fruhvirtova vs. Katie Volynets Prediction and Pick

Linda Fruhvirtova and Katie Volynets have not played each other on the WTA Tour, with this first-round match at the Madrid Open being their first career meeting. Volynets has enjoyed a slightly better season than Fruhvirtova thus far, but the young Czech has a higher ceiling which she hasn’t attained this year. I can see the American pinching a set here, but Fruhvirtova will have enough in her locker to squeeze through.