Alex de Minaur will play against Benjamin Bonzi in the first round of the tournament in Stockholm. The game will start on October 17 at 12:00.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-3) for De Minaur – 1.78.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 22 – 1.83.
Bonzi has not been making much progress of late. Benjamin may still be bothered by the hand injury he suffered in the second-round match in Metz. Benjamin left the recent tournament in Gijon at the start of the competition. We expect him to suffer the same fate in Stockholm.
Bonzi and De Minaur recently met each other in the Davis Cup and that match was a tight affair that ended in three sets.
De Minaur got off to a great start in the second half of the season, where he converted in a win at the tournament in Atlanta. In the final of that event, Alex defeated Jenson Brooksby (6-3, 6-3) in two sets.
Since that victory, Alex’s results have taken a slight downturn. De Minaur left the last tournament at the end of the first round. In early October, Alex took part in the Tokyo Open, where he lost in two sets to Kwon Soon-woo (3-6, 2-6) at the start of the tournament.
De Minaur has not lost a set in seven of his last ten matches in the opening rounds of tournaments.
Bonzi has failed in the last two tournaments. He may well be still troubled by an arm injury which forced him to withdraw from the recent Metz competition. Benjamin was unable to finish his second-round match against Holger Rune.
Bonzi was part of the Gijon tournament last week and left after a defeat to Thiago Monteiro (4-6, 5-7) in the opening round.
In 4 of De Minaur’s last 5 matches, less than 9.5 games have been played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games – Under 9.5” with odds of 1.94.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 7/10
De Minaur’s Rating – 23
Alex de Minaur Wins/Losses in 2022 – 40/21
Bonzi’s Rating – 67
Benjamin Bonzi Wins/Losses in 2022 – 34/26
The score is tied at 1-1 in the head-to-head encounters. The last time they met was at the Davis Cup in 2022. In that game, De Minaur defeated Bonzi (6-3, 1-6, 6-4) in three sets.
The match will be played at Center Court, Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden.
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