Cristian Garin will face Novak Djokovic in the first round of the Astana Open. The game will start on October 5 at 15:00.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-6) for Djokovic – 1.61.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Under 19.5 – 1.53.
Last week, Novak warmed up well at a tournament in Tel Aviv, where he took the trophy. We believe that the Serb has come to Astana for another victory. We expect a confident start for the former world #1 as he will face Garin in the first round, who Novak has beaten three times before.
Djokovic leads 3-0 in their head-to-head clash against Garin. All the duels have ended with a score of 2-0 in sets. We believe that the upcoming match will also follow a similar scenario and not go beyond two sets.
Garin has only played in three tournaments in the last few months, with only one win in total.
At the US Open, Cristian defeated Jiri Lehechka (3-6, 7-6, 7-5, 6-1) in the first round before losing to Alex De Minaur (3-6, 0-6, 6-4, 2-6).
In Gstaad and Kitzbühel, Garin dropped out after the first round, failing to defeat Yannick Hanfmann (3-6, 4-6) and Federico Coria (4-6, 5-7) respectively.
All the more surprising, at Wimbledon, Garin reached the quarter-finals. However, here it is suspected that he punished his opponents, above all, for underestimating him.
Garin has lost seven of his last eight matches against the representatives of the top 10.
Djokovic arrived in Astana just after winning the tournament in Tel Aviv. Novak won the 89th title of his career.
On the one hand, nothing special, but there is an important nuance here. Before that, Nole did not play for almost three months, missing all North American tournaments due to a lack of vaccination against coronavirus.
Despite this, Djokovic still played like there was no break. He confidently took on Marin Cilic (6-3, 6-4) in the deciding match.
Overall, Novak will be the main contender for the title in Astana, there is no doubt about it.
Djokovic has lost only once in his last ten matches as a favourite.
In 4 of Djokovic’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 1.30.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 5/10
Zhizhen’s Rating – 79
Cristian Garin Wins/Losses in 2022 – 17/19
Rublev’s Rating – 7
Novak Djokovic Wins/Losses in 2022 – 27/6
Nole leads with a score of 3-0 in the head-to-head encounters. All the matches were won by Djokovic in two sets.
The match will be played at Center Court, National Tennis Center, Astana, Kazakhstan.
We recommend checking out the odds for the 2022 Astana Open: Garin vs Djokovic at 22bet and MelBet.