Karolina Muchova vs Linda Noskova | Wimbledon Final 2026 | Preview & Prediction

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Ready. Play.

**SPEAKER_7** (1:21)
Noskova is on such an insane run right now.

**John Silk** (1:26)
How many matches in a row has she won?

**SPEAKER_7** (1:32)
Did she play in between Berlin and Wimbledon?

**John Silk** (1:35)
Yes.
She played Bad Homburg, and she lost in the first round. And people were like, why did she even play that?

**SPEAKER_2** (1:43)
I was looking at this yesterday.

**SPEAKER_8** (1:45)
She lost to Elena Gabriela Rousey in the first round there.

**John Silk** (1:51)
She's clearly tired. Why did she play that?

**SPEAKER_7** (1:56)
She is not tired here. She is in the Wimbledon final in straight sets.

**John Silk** (2:01)
So this is the first tournament where the curse has been broken. Amanda, do you know the curse?

**SPEAKER_7** (2:06)
The what? The German grass curse?

**John Silk** (2:09)
No, winning a pre-tournament grass court title. So we're going to have...

**SPEAKER_7** (2:13)
Yeah, yeah.

**John Silk** (2:16)
Muchova who won back Hamburg and Noskova who won Berlin.

**SPEAKER_7** (2:19)
Berlin. And it is an all-Czech final.

**John Silk** (2:23)
Of Noskova, I think she's phenomenal, but I think Muchova would be the more compelling story, in my opinion.

**SPEAKER_7** (2:29)
Yeah, I think Noskova, I mean, she's only just beginning, and I feel like she'll be at this stage again.

**John Silk** (2:36)
You know, of all, you know, Karolina Muchova has been to the semifinals of all the majors. She's the only player who has been to the semis, of all the, she's the only player who has been to all the semis of all the majors and not won any.

**SPEAKER_7** (2:51)
Really? Yeah.
Wow, that is...

**John Silk** (2:54)
Of the current players. She's the only one who has been to semis of all and not won any.

**SPEAKER_7** (2:59)
Wow. The crazy stat. Well, I mean, hopefully on Saturday, she can end that stat. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, the last, they've only played once, and it was at the US Open last year, and Muchova won in three sets.
And that's the only match they played.

**John Silk** (3:22)
How do you think the grass changes that?

**SPEAKER_7** (3:25)
I mean, Noskova is clearly very comfortable on grass, but Muchova has shown how well her play style works on grass. So I'm going to pick Muchova to come through, but I also picked Kostiuk today, and we saw how that went.

**John Silk** (3:40)
So I think that's more of a Kostiuk problem. I think this is the second time in a while.

**SPEAKER_2** (3:44)
I think she beat herself here.

**SPEAKER_8** (3:47)
Yeah, she really did.

**SPEAKER_7** (3:49)
Noskova just had to stay consistent.

**John Silk** (3:51)
Because there's no way she was beating Koko playing like this.
You know what I mean? Koko would just drag it and make it a dog fight. You know what I mean? And not beat herself. But I feel like Kostiuk beat herself, unfortunately.

**SPEAKER_8** (4:06)
I think especially the last couple of games there, you could tell her footwork was getting a little out of whack. She was just not quite getting to her positions quick enough, and did not go very well in that final game, where she got broken. I think it's up for her, obviously, but she's pretty young as well today.
I think she'll be back as well.