Liam Broady will face Daniil Medvedev in the second round of the Qatar Open. The match will start on February 22 at 16:30 UK time.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-5.5) for Medvedev – 1.66.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Under 20 – 1.59.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – 1st Set Games Under 9.5 – 1.52.
Medvedev is making good progress. Daniil won the Rotterdam competition last week and can now claim victory in Doha. The Russian has beaten Broady before and has done so in two sets. We expect Medvedev to beat Liam in two sets in the upcoming match as well.
Broady and Medvedev have met each other before. That match ended with a confident win for the Russian in two sets. After his victory in Rotterdam, Daniil is unlikely to want to rest on his laurels and will try to do well in Doha. We expect a confident win for Medvedev in this match.
Liam made it to the main draw through qualification. In the decisive round of qualifying, he defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili (6-4, 6-3) of Georgia. Before that, he defeated Mubarak Shannan Zayid (6-1, 6-1).
In the first round match, Broady defeated Oleksii Krutykh (6-0, 4-6, 7-6).
In the deciding set, the Englishman first lost the lead, then won back and took a game on the receiving end, but eventually overpowered his opponent only on the tie-break.
Broady won the Challenger in Vilnius in the first half of February. In the decider, the 29-year-old defeated Zdenek Kolář (6-4, 6-4). It is his biggest success so far this season.
Broady will play for the second time in his career in the second round of the ATP hard court tournament.
Daniil won the Rotterdam tournament last week, taking his 16th career title.
This success allowed the Russian tennis player to return to the top 10. He is currently ranked 8th.
In the final, Medvedev defeated Jannik Sinner (5-7, 6-2, 6-2).
In addition, in Rotterdam, Daniil defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (4-6, 6-2, 6-2), Botic van de Zandschulp (6-2, 6-2), Felix Auger Aliassime (6-2, 6-4) and Grigor Dimitrov (6-1, 6-2).
Most importantly, Medvedev finally showed the tennis that had kept him at the top of the rankings for some time.
It should be noted that Medvedev will play in the Qatari capital for the first time in his career.
Medvedev has six wins in a row against left-handed players.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 6/10
Liam Broady’s Rating – 147
Liam Broady Wins/Losses in 2023 – 13/3
Daniil Medvedev’s Rating – 8
Daniil Medvedev Wins/Losses in 2023 – 10/2
In 3 of Medvedev’s last 5 matches, more than 9.5 games have been played in the first set. However, I think it won’t be the case this time, We offer to bet on “1st Set Games Under 9.5” with odds of 1.52.
The score is tied at 0-0 in the head-to-head encounters. Liam Broady and Daniil Medvedev will play their first head-to-head match.
The match will be played in Center Court, Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar.
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