J.J. Wolf and Denis Shapovalov will play each other for a third-round ticket to the Citi Open in Washington. Denis has only played twice in the US capital. In 2016, he lost at the start to Lacko, in 2018 he outplayed Medvedev but then lost to Nishikori. The game will start on August 3 at 20:00 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (+3.5) for Wolf – 1.57.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Over 21.5 – 1.62.
Shapovalov has not shown his usual level of tennis for a long time. In the last ten games, Denis won only three victories. Perhaps there is some kind of injury, but no one officially announced anything. In any case, we believe that Shapovalov will have a difficult duel.
Wolf plays at home and will definitely not be an easy target for Shapovalov. Especially since Denis is far from his optimum playing conditions lately. In the last ten games, he has won only three victories.
Wolf defeated Taro Daniel (6-2, 6-3) in the first round. Wolf played well in both sets, giving Taro only five games in total.
It is noteworthy that before that J.J. had a three-game losing streak, which began at the Challenger in the Challenger Roma.
After that, Wolf did not win a single match in Indianapolis and failed to qualify for Atlanta.
However, still, the victory over Daniel could not be called a coincidence. In the spring, Wolf won one match each in Acapulco, Indian Wells and Miami.
That said, in Miami, Wolf had a classy match against Stefanos Tsitsipas (4-6, 7-6, 1-6). Despite the defeat, he looked very decent against one of the best players in the world.
Wolf has won four of his last five matches at the ATP 500 level.
Shapovalov, meanwhile, has not played since Wimbledon. At Wimbledon, Denis dropped out after the second round, losing to Brandon Nakashima (2-6, 6-4, 1-6, 6-7).
Denis only won one match this summer. He had a bad series of defeats at grass tournaments in June.
In addition, Shapovalov failed at Roland Garros. In Paris, the former world #10 lost in his first match to Holger Rune (3-6, 1-6, 6-7).
At the tournament in Geneva, Shapovalov also dropped out after the first round. Here, he was stopped by Ilya Ivashka (4-6, 7-6, 3-6).
It turns out that in the last seven matches Denis has only one victory.
At the same time, we should not forget that at the beginning of the year, Shapovalov reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, where he is remembered in the first place due to a nice win against Alexander Zverev (6-3, 7-6, 6-3).
Shapovalov has lost his last five meetings as a favourite.
In 3 of Shapovalov’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 1.54.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 5/10
Wolf’s Rating – 99
J.J. Wolf Wins/Losses in 2022 – 29/19
Shapovalov’s Rating – 22
Denis Shapovalov Wins/Losses in 2022 – 17/15
Wolf and Shapoovalov are about to play their first head-to-head match.
The match will be played at Grandstand, William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, Washington, USA.
We recommend checking out the odds for the Citi Open: Wolf vs Shapovalov at Helabet and Melbet.