WTA Tokyo — Maya Joint vs Karolina Muchova
🧠 Form & Context
Maya Joint (WTA #32)
- Breakthrough season: 5 quarterfinals since January; titles in Rabat and Eastbourne.
- Asian swing: Seoul SF, Beijing R3, then dips in Wuhan/Ningbo.
- Tokyo R1: huge escape vs Golubic (1–6, 7–6, 6–2) after trailing 2–5 in the TB.
- 2025: 49–26 overall | 27–17 on hard.
- Six top-30 wins this season (three in Asia: Kenin, Tauson, Shnaider).
- Tournament debut in Tokyo.
Karolina Muchova (WTA #21)
- Tokyo debut started strong: led 6–2, 1–0 vs Vondrousova before opponent retired (saved 3/3 BPs).
- Asian swing has been uneven: only three completed wins in China; retired in Wuhan (heat).
- Season of starts/stops but with peaks (e.g., Dubai SF, US Open QF).
- 2025: 25–16 overall | 22–12 on hard.
- Chasing just her 4th QF of 2025 and only 2nd since March.
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