Pavel Kotov will face Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the first round of the Astana Open. The game will start on October 4 at 08:00.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-4) for Davidovich Fokina – 1.86.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Under 23 – 1.54.
Kotov is absolutely no match for Davidovich Fokina in terms of the level of play. It’s hard to imagine what Pavel can do to put up a fight against Alejandro in the upcoming match. We believe that the upcoming match will be completely dominated by the Spanish tennis player.
Kotov failed in qualification, losing in the final to Shevchenko in two sets. We believe that Pavel will meet the same fate in the main draw. Against him will be Davidovich Fokina who is showing quite decent results this season. We expect that the upcoming meeting will not last long.
Kotov made it to the main draw in Astana as a lucky loser. In the final of the qualification, he lost to Alexander Shevchenko (6-7, 3-6).
Interestingly, in the first round of qualifying, Pavel defeated Arslanbek Aitkulov (6-0, 6-0).
It was the first match for Kotov since the US Open. In New York, he overcame a tough qualifying session, but then promptly lost to Brandon Nakashima (6-7, 2-6, 2-6).
In August, Kotov won the Challenger in San Marino. Another success for the Russian this season was reaching the main draw at Roland Garros.
Kotov has faced the representatives of the top 50 three times in the past and lost each time.
Davidovich Fokina, meanwhile, has not yet played a single game since the US Open either.
At the American major, however, he performed quite decently. Alejandro played three rounds before losing in a super tense match to Matteo Berrettini (6-3, 6-7, 3-6, 6-4, 2-6) as Matteo only clinched victory in the fifth set.
Alejandro had several unsuccessful tournaments before that, dropping out of the Masters in Montreal and Cincinnati after the first round.
On other surfaces, especially on clay, Davidovich Fokina tends to play better than on the hard court.
Davidovich Fokina has won six of his last ten first-round matches.
In 3 of Kotov’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 1.78.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 5/10
Kotov’s Rating – 103
Pavel Kotov Wins/Losses in 2022 – 33/16
Davidovich Fokina’s Rating – 29
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Wins/Losses in 2022 – 21/22
Pavel and Alejandro will play their first head-to-head match.
The match will be played at Center Court, National Tennis Center, Astana, Kazakhstan.
We recommend checking out the odds for the 2022 Astana Open: Kotov vs Davidovich Fokina at 22bet and MelBet.