Lorenzo Musetti and Francisco Cerundolo will face each other in the semi-finals of the Hamburg European Open. The game will start on July 23 at 14:30 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (+2.5) for Cerundolo – 1.56.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Over 22 – 1.79.
Francisco Cerundolo is in excellent form at the moment, as evidenced by his recent victory in Bastad, as well as recent victories over Andrey Rublev and Aslan Karatsev. We believe that Francisco has all the chances to equalise the score against Musetti in the upcoming encounter.
We expect a fight in the upcoming match. Both Musetti and Cerundolo are in great playing conditions at the moment, so we think that the upcoming meeting of the tennis players is unlikely to end quickly.
Musetti reached the semi-finals at the ATP level for the first time this season. Prior to that, his best results were reaching the third round of the Madrid Masters and the Barcelona tournament.
On Friday, Lorenzo defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (6-4, 6-3). Contrary to expectations, two sets were enough for him.
Lorenzo had two breaks in the first set and three in the second. Musetti played noticeably better on the second ball, unlike Alejandro who managed to win only two break points out of seven.
In the first rounds, Musetti defeated Dusan Lajovic (6-7, 7-6, 6-3) and Emil Ruusuvuori (6-4, 7-5).
Cerundolo, meanwhile, reached the semi-finals at his second consecutive tournament. Last week, he took the title in Bastad.
In the quarterfinals, he defeated Aslan Karatsev (6-3, 4-6, 7-6), whom he faced at the same stage a week ago. If then Francisco crushed Aslan, this time it was much more difficult.
In the second set, Cerundolo led 4-1 but managed to lose five games in a row. In the deciding set, Karatsev served for the match at 5:4, but his opponent broke back before pulling out the tie-break win.
Cerundolo’s winning streak has now reached eight matches and he will make his debut in the top 25 next week.
In 3 of Cerundolo’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 1.90.
Musetti has played two tie-breaks in his last five matches. We offer to bet on “Tie-Break – Yes” with odds of 2.40.
Type of Court – Clay
Speed of Court – 4/10
Musetti’s Rating – 62
Lorenzo Musetti Wins/Losses in 2022 – 24/17
Cerundolo’s Rating – 30
Francisco Cerundolo Wins/Losses in 2022 – 20/11
In the last head-to-head match at Challenger Cordenons in 2020, Musetti defeated Cerundolo with a score of 6-3, 6-0.
The match will be played at Am Rothenbaum, Hamburg, Germany.
We recommend checking out the odds for Hamburg European Open: Musetti vs Cerundolo at Helabet and Melbet.