Mackenzie McDonald will play against Matteo Berrettini in the semi-finals of the tournament in Antwerp. The game will start on October 22 at 15:00.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-4) for Berrettini – 1.70.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Under 22 – 1.74.
The only head-to-head encounter in this pairing ended with Berrettini winning in two sets. We expect Matteo to win this one as well. After all, he’s playing at home and probably wants to win the main trophy of the tournament. We expect to see Berrettini in the final.
Three years ago, the two men met in the ASB Classic. That match was completely controlled by Berrettini, who ended up winning in two sets. We believe that Matteo will beat McDonald again and will do so rather quickly.
McDonald has not reached the semi-finals at any tournament in recent seasons. At most, he has reached the quarter-finals, where he managed to break through in Dubai, Seoul and at the recent indoor competition in Florence.
In Naples, Mackenzie started off with a win over Francesco Passaro (6-3, 7-5). This was followed by a win over Roberto Bautista-Agut (6-4, 6-4). In the quarter-finals, McDonald defeated Zhang Zhizhen (4-6, 6-3, 6-2) in three sets.
McDonald has won five of his last six matches at the ATP-250 level.
Berrettini finally got in on the action, as Matteo left the last competition in Florence very quickly, following his opening match, where he lost to Roberto Carballes Baena (7-5, 6-7, 5-7).
Nevertheless, in Naples, he managed to secure a semi-final appearance in the tournament, beating Roberto Carballes Baena (6-4, 6-2) and Taro Daniel (6-2, 6-3) on the tournament grid. Berrettini won two trophies this season as he won the grasscourt events in Stuttgart and London.
Berrettini has won six of his last seven matches on the hard court.
In 4 of Berrettini’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 1.75.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 7/10
McDonald’s Rating – 74
Mackenzie McDonald Wins/Losses in 2022 – 27/28
Berrettini’s Rating – 26
Matteo Berrettini Wins/Losses in 2022 – 31/11
Berrettini leads with a score of 1-0 in the head-to-head encounters. The only time they met was at the ASB Classic in 2019. In that encounter, Matteo defeated Mackenzie (6-3, 6-4) in two sets.
The match will be played at Arena, Tennis Club Napoli, Naples, Italy.
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