Sara Bejlek vs Moyuka Uchijima

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Sara Bejlek vs Moyuka Uchijima
21 July 2025, Prague (Hard Court)

🧠 Form & Context

Sara Bejlek

• 🇨🇿 Home heroine: The 19-year-old Czech returns to Prague in the midst of a career surge, highlighted by a Makarska title and a second-round showing at Roland Garros.
• 📈 Trending upward: Strong 23–11 overall record in 2025, with an 8–5 mark on hard courts.
• 💪 Transitioning surfaces: Best results have come on clay, but has scored notable hard-court wins over Teichmann (Melbourne) and Kostyuk (Paris).
• 🔥 Current form: Won 10 of her last 12 matches, including wins over Martic, Sherif, and Parrizas-Diaz.
• 🏥 Health status: Gave a walkover in Valencia but no injury issues reported since.

Moyuka Uchijima

• 🇯🇵 World traveler: A steady WTA presence this year with a 18–20 record, though results against top-tier players have been inconsistent.
• 🏟️ Prague newcomer: Making her tournament debut, arrives on a four-match losing streak.
• 🔁 Rollercoaster 2025: Upset both Pegula and Jabeur in Madrid but hasn’t won a match since May.
• 📉 Hard-court letdowns: 9–10 on the surface this season, with mixed performances and several recent straight-set defeats.
• 🎾 July struggles: Lost decisively to Chirico and Schunk, suggesting a dip in form and confidence.

🔍 Match Breakdown

Everything points toward Bejlek having the upper hand—form, momentum, crowd support, and surface adaptability. Her aggressive returning and rally grit are tailor-made for the medium-pace conditions in Prague. Add in the lefty variation and home boost, and she looks tough to beat here.

Uchijima has shown flashes of brilliance this season, but they’ve been sporadic and mostly absent in recent weeks. Unless she rediscovers her rhythm quickly, she may struggle to keep up with Bejlek’s physicality and confidence.

If Bejlek sticks to her patterns, stays patient, and capitalizes on short balls, this should be her match to lose. Uchijima’s best chance is to turn this into a tactical battle—but her recent performances haven’t shown the consistency needed to pull that off.