Botic van de Zandschulp and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina will face each other in the 1/16 finals of the Hamburg European Open. The game will start on July 18 at 10:00 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (-1) for Botic – 2.07.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Over 22.5 – 1.91.
A few weeks ago, Van De Zandschulp defeated Davidovic Fokina at the London tournament. It’s likely that Botic will also beat Fokina on clay. Botic is the more stable player.
Last season at Roland Garros, the tennis players put on a real show and that match ended in five sets. As both players are good on clay, I doubt the match will end quickly.
Van de Zandschulp has successfully played several tournaments on the clay this season. First of all, this applies to Munich, where he reached the final. In the deciding match against Holger Rune, Botic had to withdraw due to injury.
In Marrakech, Botic reached the quarter-finals and at Roland Garros, he reached the third round, which is also very good. In Paris, he could have gone further if Rafa Nadal had not gotten in his way.
Van de Zandschulp also did quite well at Wimbledon. Here too, he was stopped by Nadal (4-6, 2-6, 6-7), but already in the fourth round.
Botic is ranked 24th in the current ATP rankings.
Van De Zandschulp has won four of his last five meetings in Germany.
Davidovich Fokina played at Bastad last week. He, of course, was not happy with the result.
Alejandro defeated Joao Sousa (6-4, 6-2) in the first round before losing in the second round to Sebastian Baez (2-6, 3-6).
On clay, Davidovich Fokina’s main achievement this season remains to reach the final of the Masters in Monte Carlo.
Remarkably, he has never won more than one match in other tournaments on this surface.
Davidovich Fokina has five wins in his last five matches against opponents from the top 50.
In 3 of Botic’s last 5 matches, more than 9.5 games were played in the second set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games – Over 9.5” with odds of 1.69.
In 3 of Fokina’s last 5 matches, at least 1 tie-break has been played. We offer to bet on “Tie-Break – Yes” with odds of 2.02.
Type of Court – Clay
Speed of Court – 4/10
Botic’s Rating – 24
Botic van de Zandschulp Wins/Losses in 2022 – 26/17
Davidovich Fokina’s Rating – 36
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Wins/Losses in 2022 – 16/18
The score in the head-to-head encounters is tied at 1-1. Alejandro was stronger in their first meeting at Roland Garros 2021 (6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 2-6, 6-4), but Botic took revenge on the grass just a month ago (6-2, 6-4).
The match will be played at Center Court, Am Rothenbaum, Hamburg, Germany.
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