James Duckworth and Antoine Bellier will face each other in the first round of the Challenger in Porto. The game will start on July 6 at 13:00 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (+2) for Bellier – 1.83.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Over 22.5 – 1.77.
Duckworth still lacks stability. He is not having an easy time in some matches. It is likely that Bellier will give Duckworth a fight.
Bellier has improved remarkably. He has looked good in recent matches. You can feel that Antoine is confident in his abilities and intends to improve his position in the world rankings. Even if a match goes against him, Bellier doesn’t give up. With both players in this match set to win, it’s doubtful that it will be over quickly.
Duckworth was never able to return to his previous level. His return from injury has been a slow one. James has lost quite a few matches. He has only three wins in 13 games this season.
Duckworth’s main target now is to return to the top 50. Because of this, he has started to favour the Challengers. The level of opponents in such competitions is not that high. This is confirmed by James’ last match, in which he defeated Pedro Araujo (6-3, 6-4).
Duckworth has won six of his last seven matches at the Challenger level.
Bellier first came out on top at the Mallorca tournament. After winning the qualification, he made it to the main draw. There, Antoine defeated some rather famous tennis players. Among them Federico Delbonis (6-3, 7-6), Pablo Carreno Busta (6-3, 6-4) and Tallon Griekpoor (5-7, 7-6, 6-2). Thanks to these achievements, Bellier climbed to 212th place in the world rankings.
Despite his recent successes, Bellier’s first match at the Porto tournament was not an easy one. In the opening battle, he narrowly defeated Jason Jung (6-3, 2-6, 6-4).
Bellier has been successful in six of his last seven meetings as an underdog.
In 3 of Bellier’s last 5 games, less than 9.5 games were played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games – Under 9.5” with the odds of 2.20.
Type of Court – Hard
Duckworth’s Rating – 74
James Duckworth Wins/Losses in 2022 – 3/10
Bellier’s Rating – 217
Antoine Bellier Wins/Losses in 2022 – 31/18
James and Antoine will play their first head-to-head match.
The match will be played at Court Carlsberg, Porto, Portugal.
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