Richard Gasquet and Pablo Carreno Busta will play against each other in the first round of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. The match will start on February 13 at 12:00.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-3) for Carreno Busta – 1.91.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Under 23 – 1.75.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – 1st Set Games Over 9.5 – 1.764.
At 36, Gasquet has little to offer the more mobile tennis players, which includes Carreno-Busta. The Spaniard is undoubtedly regarded as a major player on clay, but he can also do something on the indoor hard courts. For example, he has reached the semi-finals here before.
Carreno Busta has had enough time to prepare for Rotterdam. We believe that the Spaniard will be able to do well here, as he has reached the semifinal stage of the tournament before. We believe that an older Gasquet should not be a serious problem for Pablo.
Gasquet did not have much success in Montpellier last week. In his first match, the experienced Frenchman lost to Arthur Fils (5-7, 5-7).
At the Australian Open, Gasquet also failed in the first round, here he was stopped by Ugo Humbert (3-6, 4-6, 3-6).
On the first day of 2023, the former world #7 lost to Marc Giron (7-6, 6-7, 7-6) in the opening match in Adelaide.
However, strangely enough, Gasquet is still happy with the first month of the new season. For one simple reason: he took the title in Auckland. In the deciding match, he defeated Cameron Norrie (4-6, 6-4, 6-4). Remarkably, it was Richard’s first title since 2018.
Gasquet has lost four of the last five meetings with the top 20.
Pablo, meanwhile, has had a truly bad start to the season. He has only played three matches so far this year.
Last month, the Spaniard did not make a single round in Adelaide, losing straight away to Korean Kwon Soon-woo (6-3, 4-6, 4-6).
Carreno-Busta lost to France’s Benjamin Bonzi (7-6, 6-1, 7-6) at the Australian Open after beating Argentina’s Pedro Cachin (6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 1-6, 6-7).
Carreno Busta reached the semi-finals in Rotterdam in 2020.
Carreño Busta has successfully broken the starting barrier in eight of the previous ten tournaments.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 6/10
Richard Gasquet’s Rating – 45
Richard Gasquet Wins/Losses in 2023 – 4/3
Pablo Carreno Busta’s Rating – 15
Pablo Carreno Busta Wins/Losses in 2023 – 1/2
In 3 of the last 5 Carreno-Busta 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 1.764.
Carreno Busta leads with a score of 2-0 in the head-to-head encounters. The last time they met was at the Cincinnati Masters in 2018. Carreno Busta defeated Gasquet (6-3, 2-6, 6-3) in three sets.
The match will be played in Center Court, Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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