The organisers of the Indoor Challenger in Andria have handed the wild card to Federico Arnaboldi, who will face Jurij Rodionov in the first round. The young Italian is a clay pro through and through but is unlikely to allow Rodionov into the 1/8 finals without a fight. The match will start on November 21 at 19:30.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+4.5) for Sachko – 2.06.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 20 – 1.72.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – 1st Set Games Under 9.5 – 1.63.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #4 – Total Sets Over 2.5 – 2.32.
Rodionov has shown fairly good results in the second half of the season, but Jurij is not always in the right frame of mind for any given game. Matches against knowingly weak opponents, as a rule, do not always go smoothly for the representative of Austria. We believe that in the upcoming meeting Federico Arnaboldi can take a positive handicap.
Although Rodionov is the clear favourite to win this encounter, he is unlikely to win easily. Arnaboldi plays at home and so will definitely try to show his best. We expect a tough match-up for the favourite.
Arnaboldi received a wild card from the organisers. He is only 479th in the current rankings.
Federico has played mainly in the ITF events this year. Somewhere successfully, somewhere not so well, but on the whole nothing outstanding.
At the Challenger level, the Italian tennis player has only won two matches. In Como and Parma, he managed to get through the first round.
Last season Arnaboldi played only futures.
Arnaboldi has lost four of his last five meetings against lower-ranked opponents.
Rodionov, meanwhile, is 122nd in the world rankings.
In mid-October, the Austrian representative reached the semi-finals at the Challenger in Saint-Tropez, after which he managed to get into the main draw of the tournament in Vienna. In the first match, Jurij lost to Denis Shapovalov (4-6, 4-6), but still worth noting that he looked worthy against Shapovalov.
At the Challenger in Bergamo, Rodionov also reached the semi-finals where he lost to Jan-Lennard Struff (6-2, 4-6, 2-6) despite taking the first set.
Rodionov took two titles this year, at the Challengers in Biel in Switzerland and Mauthausen in Austria.
Rodionov has three dry victories in his previous five appearances on the Italian courts.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Federico Arnaboldi’s Rating – 479
Federico Arnaboldi Wins/Losses in 2022 – 23/23
Jurij Rodionov’s Rating – 122
Jurij Rodionov Wins/Losses in 2022 – 42/29
In 4 of Rodionov’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 1.63.
Federico Arnaboldi and Jurij Rodionov will play their first head-to-head match in Andria.
The match will be played at Campo Tato Paride, Palazzetto dello Sport, Andria, Italy.
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