Sebastian Baez will play against Karen Khachanov in the first round of the Paris Masters. The match will start on October 31 at 12:30.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+5) for Baez – 1.71.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 21 – 1.97.
Leaving aside Baez’s last match, we can say that he has performed well. He is trying to put up a fight against his opponents. Yes, he is losing, but his matches are tightly fought. Khachanov has not looked his best in recent matches, so we don’t think he’ll win easily.
Baez has played at least 23 games in 3 of his last 4 matches. It is likely that this time too, he will put up a fight against Karen.
Baez reached the final in Bostad in mid-July, losing to Francisco Cerundolo (6-7, 2-6). After that, Sebastian suffered a terrible series of defeats.
Sebastian failed to reach the first round in seven consecutive tournaments. It is hard to say what happened, but he lost to absolutely everyone.
Baez suffered three more defeats in the Davis Cup in mid-September.
The long-awaited win for Baez came a fortnight ago in Naples, defeating Lorenzo Sonego (7-5, 7-6). However, immediately after that, he lost to Zhang Zhizhen
(6-7, 6-7).
Last week, Baez lost by a wide margin to Pablo Carreno-Busta (2-6, 1-6) at a tournament in Basel.
Baez has lost ten of his last 11 matches overall.
Khachanov, meanwhile, had a poor showing in Vienna last week. In the first match, Karen defeated J.J. Wolf (7-6, 7-5), but in the next round, he was stopped by Dan Evans (2-6, 2-6).
In the match against Dan, Karen took only four games. It was probably his worst game of the second half of the season.
In Antwerp, Khachanov was also disappointed. However, it must be admitted that here he faced Sebastian Korda (5-7, 6-7) who finally found his best form.
After the US Open, where he reached the semi-finals, Khachanov had only relative success in Astana. There he won two matches before losing to Novak Djokovic (4-6, 3-6).
Khachanov won the Paris Masters in the 2018 season.
Khachanov has won nine of his last ten matches as a favourite.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Baez’s Rating – 39
Sebastian Baez Wins/Losses in 2022 – 35/34
Khachanov’s Rating – 18
Karen Khachanov Wins/Losses in 2022 – 34/24
In 4 of Baez’s last 5 matches, two sets have been played. We offer to bet on “Total Sets Under 2.5” with odds of 1.34.
Sebastian and Karen will play their first head-to-head match.
The match will be played at Court 1, AccorHotels Arena, Paris, France.
We recommend checking out the odds for the 2022 Paris Masters: Baez vs Khachanov at 1xBet.