Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+4) for Shelton – 1.56.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 22 – 1.74.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – 1st Set Games Over 9.5 – 1.675.
Rune has a wrist problem, which prevented him from completing the match against Brouwer at the last tournament in Rotterdam. The injury is likely to have healed, but we still believe that the Dane is unlikely to defeat Shelton in a big way in the upcoming match.
Rune has not shown much stability this season. As it turned out recently, Holger has been playing since the Australian Open with a slight wrist injury. The last matches involving the Danish tennis player have been struggling and we expect to see it in the upcoming match against Shelton as well.
In Acapulco, Shelton will play for the first time in his career.
Ben sensationally reached the quarter-finals at the Australian Open last month.
On his way, he defeated Zhang Zhizhen (4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 2-6, 7-6), Nicolas Jarry (7-6, 7-6, 7-5), Alexei Popyrin (6-3, 7-6, 6-4) and J.J. Wolf (6-7, 6-2, 6-7, 7-6, 6-2) before losing to Tommy Paul (6-7, 3-6, 7-5, 4-6).
Remarkably, Shelton became the leader in the number of aces (85) performed at the Australian Open.
Ben’s first tournament since Melbourne was a failure. In Delray Beach, he lost straight away to Marcos Giron (4-6, 4-6).
Shelton has won eight of his last nine first-round matches.
The Danish tennis player is currently ranked 10th in the world rankings. Such a jump in the rankings is due to Holger’s good results last season, during which he won four trophies, one of which was at the Masters in Paris.
Holger was unable to play in Marseille last week due to a wrist injury.
The Dane was injured at a tournament in Rotterdam, where he failed to complete his second-round match against Gijs Brouwer (4-6, 0-4).
Before that, Rune reached the semi-finals in Montpellier. He was shut out further by Maxime Cressy (5-7, 7-6, 6-7). Before that, he defeated Marc-Andrea Huesler (7-5, 6-2) and Gregoire Barrere (7-6, 7-6).
Rune’s best result so far this season was at the Australian Open where he reached the fourth round, where he lost to Andrey Rublev (3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 ,6-7).
Rune has won five of his last ten matches against left-handed players.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 5/10
Ben Shelton’s Rating – 42
Ben Shelton Wins/Losses in 2023 – 5/4
Holger Rune’s Rating – 10
Holger Rune Wins/Losses in 2023 – 8/4
In Rune’s last 5 matches, more than 9.5 games have been played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games Over 9.5” with odds of 1.675.
The score is tied at 0:0 in the head-to-head encounters. Ben Shelton and Holger Rune will play their first head-to-head match.
The match will be played in Stadium, Arena GNP Seguros, Acapulco, Mexico.
We recommend checking out the odds for the Mexican Open: Ben Shelton vs Holger Rune at 1xBet and VBET.