Andrey Rublev is having an excellent season, with three titles won on different surfaces and a potential trip to the final tournament to prove it. There is now a good chance of taking his fourth trophy in Gijon, but he will need to break Sebastian Korda to do so. The game will start on October 16 at 14:30.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-3) for Rublev – 1.88.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Under 23 – 1.75.
Rublev has not lost a single final this season. Earlier this year, he had wins in Marseille, Dubai and Belgrade. In the final of the last tournament, Andrey defeated Novak Djokovic himself. We believe that Rublev will not miss the opportunity to lift another trophy over his head again. We expect him to win in the upcoming match.
Rublev is getting better and better from match to match. In the last two meetings, Andrey won in two sets, beating Paul and Thiem. We reckon that Andrey will win the final in two sets as well. Rublev is in excellent form, in addition, the fresh head-to-head encounter between the two tennis players won by him.
Rublev reached the final for the fourth time this season, making it back to the top eight.
On Saturday, Andrey defeated Dominic Thiem (6-4, 6-4). The match confirmed that Thiem is still struggling to compete with top-ten players.
I wouldn’t say it was that easy, but Andrey did control the situation on the court in both sets.
Remarkably, after the match, Rublev said that he had shown very good tennis this week. It’s true, the tennis shown by Rublev is very good.
On his way to the final, he also defeated Ilya Ivashka (6-3, 5-7, 6-4) and Tommy Paul (7-5, 6-3).
Rublev has won ten of his last 11 matches on the Indoors.
Korda, meanwhile, will play in a final at the ATP level for the third time in his career. Last year, he took the title in Parma and lost the decisive match in Delray Beach.
The tournament in Gijon was the best one for Sebastian this season. For the first time, he has won four matches in a row.
Korda defeated Roberto Bautista Agut (5-7, 6-4, 6-4) in the second round, but then battled back to beat Andy Murray (6-4, 1-6, 6-1) in the quarter-finals. Korda dropped just one game in the third set against Murray.
In the semi-finals, Korda defeated Arthur Rinderknech (7-6, 6-3).
Korda has five defeats in his last six meetings against top-10 opponents.
In Korda’s last 5 matches, more than 9.5 games have been played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games – Over 9.5” with odds of 1.58.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 7/10
Rublev’s Rating – 9
Andrey Rublev Wins/Losses in 2022 – 46/16
Korda’s Rating – 47
Sebastian Korda Wins/Losses in 2022 – 30/19
Rublev leads with a score of 1-0 in the head-to-head matches. The only time they met was at the Miami Open in 2021. In that match, Rublev defeated Korda (7-5, 7-6) in two sets.
The match will be played at Center Court, Palacio de Deportes de Gijón, Gijon, Spain.
We recommend checking out the odds for the 2022 Gijon Open: Rublev vs Korda at 1xBet.