Lorenzo Sonego and James Duckworth will play against each other in the first round of Eastbourne International. The game will start on June 21 at 13:00 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (-3) for Sonego – 1.84.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Under 23 – 1.60.
Duckworth is slowly recovering from his hand surgery, but we believe his current form will not be enough to put up a good fight against Sonego.
The only head-to-head encounter between the two players was a short one. We expect the next encounter to follow a similar scenario. Sonego looks better than Duckworth at this stage of the season.
Sonego had a poor showing in London last week. In the first match, he lost to Denis Kudla (4-6, 6-3, 4-6). A disappointing defeat, but one has to realise that his opponent plays quite well on grass.
At the Stuttgart tournament in the first half of June, Sonego reached the quarter-finals, managing to beat Benoit Paire (7-5, 6-2) and Jan-Lennard Struff (7-6, 7-6). In the next match, Lorenzo lost to Matteo Berrettini (6-3, 3-6, 4-6) despite taking the first set.
Last year, Sonego reached the final in Eastbourne. In the decisive match, he lost to Alex De Minaur (3-6, 5-7).
Sonego has won four of his last five meetings against lower-ranked opponents.
Duckworth missed more than three months at the start of the season due to injury. Duckworth returned to the court in mid-May but has not won a match at the ATP main draw level since then.
James dropped out of the first round at Lyon, Roland Garros, and Hertogenbosch. In London, he failed to qualify.
In Eastbourne, Duckworth also had to qualify and this time it worked out. In qualifying, Duckworth defeated Daniel Cox (6-3, 6-1) and Mikael Ymer (3-6, 6-2, 6-4).
Duckworth failed in the first round at Eastbourne last year but won two matches at Wimbledon soon after.
Duckworth has lost four times in his last seven matches on grass against the players with a strong serve.
In 3 of Duckworth’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 the odds of 1.60.
In his last five matches, Sonego has played three tie-breaks. We offer to bet on “Tie-Break – Yes” with the odds of 2.27.
Type of Court – Grass
Speed of Court – 9/10
Peniston’s Rating – 32
Lorenzo Sonego Wins/Losses in 2022 – 14/16
Rune’s Rating – 76
James Duckworth Wins/Losses in 2022 – 2/8
Who won the last meeting between these players?
The only face-off took place in the third round of Wimbledon and Sonego left Duckworth no chance (6-3, 6-4, 6-4).
Where will this fixture be played?
The match will be played at Court 2, Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, United Kingdom.
Which bookmaker has the best odds for this game?
We recommend checking out the odds for Eastbourne International: Sonego vs Duckworth at Sportsbet.io and VBet.