Marin Cilic made the quarter-finals as expected. In the quarter-finals, he will face a weak, but a well-prepared opponent. Marin Cilic and Tallon Griekspoor will play against each other in the second round of the Maharashtra Open. The match will start on January 5 at 10:00.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-2.5) for Cilic – 1.75.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Under 23 – 1.86.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – 1st Set Games Over 9.5 – 1.565
The class in this pairing is certainly on Cilic’s side. All the more so because Marin has reached the semi-finals here before. We think the Croat has a good chance of doing it again. In the opening match, the Croatian scored 16 aces and three break points from seven. We expect him to play at a high level against Griekspoor as well.
Cilic took three sets to defeat Carballes Baena in his opening match in Pune. However, we believe that the match against Griekspoor will end quicker. The Croatian is already accustomed to the local surface, so we expect to see the usual level of tennis in Marin’s performance in the upcoming match.
Cilic received the number one seed, making him start straight from the second round.
On Tuesday, Marin defeated Roberto Carballes-Baena (6-3, 3-6, 6-1) in the second round of the tournament.
The Croatian had hardly planned to go ahead in the third set, but he was unsuccessful in the second set.
However, in the deciding set, Cilic almost never made a mistake. For example, he won 90% of his points on his first serve.
Cilic has previously competed in Pune. He managed to reach the semi-final stage of the competition in 2018 on the local courts.
Overall, for his first match of the season, Čilic showed reasonably good tennis.
Five of Cilic’s previous seven matches ended in three sets.
Griekspoor, meanwhile, has now gone two rounds. So far Tallon has not given up a single set.
In the first round, the Dutch player defeated Jaume Munar (6-4, 7-5). His opponent was not so reliable on his serve, allowing three break points.
In the second match, Griekspoor defeated Marco Cecchinato (6-4, 6-4). This time Tallon allowed his opponent nothing at all on the receiving end. Marco did not have a single break point.
Remarkably, Griekspoor won two consecutive matches on the hard court for the first time since January last year.
Griekspoor had never reached the quarter-finals stage of an ATP tournament before.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 7/10
Marin Cilic’s Rating – 17
Marin Cilic Wins/Losses in 2022 – 1/0
Tallon Griekspoor’s Rating – 95
Tallon Griekspoor Wins/Losses in 2022 – 2/0
In 3 of Griekspoor’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 1.565.
Marin and Tallon will play their first head-to-head match.
The match will be played in Center Court, Mhalunge Balewadi Tennis Complex, Pune, India.
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