Alejandro Davidovich Fokina will play against Miomir Kecmanovic in the first round of the Swiss Indoors Basel. The match will start on October 25 at 18:00.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-1) for Kecmanovic – 1.61.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 24 – 1.86.
Davidovich Fokina has played four matches this season indoors, in which he has not had a single victory. Alejandro lost in the first round of the recent competition in both Astana and Gijon. We expect him to leave Basel again as quickly.
Previously, Davidovich Fokina and Kečmanović met twice. Both matches were tightly fought and were long. We expect the upcoming match to be played in three sets as well.
Davidovich Fokina, after a more or less good performance at the US Open, where he managed to reach the fourth round, still can’t find his game.
At the recent Astana Open, Alejandro lost in the first round to Pavel Kotov (4-6, 4-6). He also lost in the first round to Andy Murray (5-7, 2-6) at his home tournament in Gijon. In total, Alejandro did not win a single match in his four matches played on the indoor hard court during the season.
Davidovich Fokina has lost his last five matches as an underdog.
Kecmanovic, after a week’s break, managed to show a good result on the Napoli Tennis Cup. At that event, Miomir made it to the semi-finals of the tournament.
There, Miomir was defeated by Corentin Moutet (7-5, 6-2), before losing to Lorenzo Musetti (3-6, 4-6) in the semi-finals. Earlier in the season, Kecmanovic played in the semi-finals in Munich and Los Cabos.
Kečmanović has won a first-round match in four of the last five tournaments.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Davidovich Fokina’s Rating – 29
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Wins/Losses in 2022 – 21/24
Kecmanovic’s Rating – 30
Miomir Kecmanovic Wins/Losses in 2022 – 39/24
In 4 of Kečmanović’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 1.96.
In the last five matches, Davidovich Fokina has played the tie-break three times. We offer to bet on “Tie-Break – Yes” with odds of 2.55.
Kecmanovic leads with a score of 2-0 in the head-to-head encounters. The last time they met was at the Next Gen ATP Finals in 2019. In that match, Kecmanovic defeated Fokina (4-1, 4-1, 4-3) in three sets.
The match will be played at Court 1, St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland.
We recommend checking out the odds for the 2022 Swiss Indoors Basel: Davidovich Fokina vs Kecmanovic at 1xBet.