Alexander Shevchenko and Tim Van Rijthoven will face each other in the first round of the Challenger in Bratislava. The match will start on November 8 at 17:00.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+2.5) for Shevchenko – 1.748.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 22 – 1.58.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – 1st Set Games Under 9.5 – 2.12.
Shevchenko is having a good season in which he has already won two trophies. We believe that Alexander will not be easy prey for Van Rijthoven in the upcoming encounter. Under certain circumstances, the Russian even is capable of winning it.
Van Rijthoven is the favourite in this pairing, but we predict a tough encounter for the Dutch representative. Shevchenko has shown good play and results this season, so is capable of causing problems for Tim in the upcoming match.
Shevchenko ranks 143rd in the current version of the rankings. At the moment, this is the highest position in his career.
In mid-October, it became known that Alexander plans to change his sporting citizenship. Like Alexander Bublik, he intends to play for Kazakhstan. The Tennis Federation of Kazakhstan has already confirmed this information.
Last month, Shevchenko made it to the main draw of the ATP tournaments in Astana and Stockholm. Remarkably, in both cases, he defeated Pavel Kotov in the deciding round of qualification.
However, Shevchenko did not make it past any rounds at the main draw level, losing to Luca Nardi(6-7, 2-6) and Antoine Bellier (4-6, 2-6).
Shevchenko has won six of his ten indoor matches this season.
Shevchenko started 70% of the tournaments of the season with a win.
Van Rijthoven, meanwhile, is ranked 110th in the world rankings. Now his main aim is to secure a place in the main draw of the Australian Open.
Van Rijthoven really came to the forefront of the tennis world in early June when he sensationally won the tournament in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Shortly afterwards, he made it three rounds at Wimbledon.
On other surfaces, Tim was not very successful. His main success since then has been reaching the second round of the US Open.
We can remember the match against Holger Rune (6-7, 6-7) in Sofia, in which Van Rijthoven lost to the Danish star on two tie-breaks.
Van Rijthoven has failed to qualify for the first round of the main draw at the last five tournaments.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Alexander Shevchenko’s Rating – 144
Alexander Shevchenko Wins/Losses in 2022 – 51/33
Tim van Rijthoven’s Rating – 115
Tim van Rijthoven Wins/Losses in 2022 – 36/22
In 3 of Van Rijthoven’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 2.12.
Alexander Shevchenko and Tim van Rijthoven will play their first head-to-head match.
The match will be played at Court 3, NTC Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia.
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