Casper Ruud will face Jaume Munar in the first round of the Rakuten Japan Open. The game will start on October 4 at 08:00.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+5.5) for Munar – 1.53.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 20.5 – 1.80.
Ruud has looked too unconvincing in recent matches. He is unlikely to beat Jaume easily. Munar is more likely to put up a challenge against the favourite.
Ruud beats Munar regularly, but with difficulty. Most recently on the Gstaad clay court, Casper defeated Jaume (7-6, 7-6) before losing three sets to Casper.
Ruud had a poor showing at the Seoul tournament last week. In the first match, Casper easily defeated Nicolas Jarry (6-2, 3-6, 6-3), before facing Yoshihito Nishioka (2-6, 6-3, 2-6).
Already in the first set, it was clear that Casper would have problems stopping Yoshihito. In the third set, Casper took only two games.
It seemed that Ruud had not really had time to adapt to different climatic conditions. Plus, he was affected by yet another change of time zone.
All in all, it was a bad week. In the new version of the ranking, Ruud is now in third place instead of second.
Munar didn’t shine last week either. Munar lost to Denis Shapovalov (5-7, 4-6) in the second round of the Seoul tournament.
Before that, he faced Yuki Watanuki, who was forced to withdraw due to injury after just three games.
Munar has never won more than one match at the ATP level since Gstaad where he reached the quarter-finals.
Still, Jaume has had some good performances on the hard court this year. He won two matches in Melbourne in early January and then reached the third round at the Indian Wells Masters in March.
In three of Ruud’s last five 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 1.76.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Ruud’s Rating – 2
Casper Ruud Wins/Losses in 2022 – 46/17
Munar’s Rating – 59
Jaume Munar Wins/Losses in 2022 – 44/25
Ruud leads with a score of 3-0 in the head-to-head encounters. The last time they met was at the Swiss Open in July. In that match, Ruud defeated Munar (7-6, 7-6) in two sets.
The match will be played at Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan.
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