Holger Rune and Gijs Brouwer will play against each other in the second round of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. The match will start on February 16 at 20:00.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+6) for Brouwer – 1.48.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 20 – 1.84.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – 1st Set Games Over 8.5 – 1.384.
Rune finds it hard to play against tennis players with a strong serve. Fresh example is the recent match against Cressy. Two out of three sets were played in tie-breaks. It is unlikely that Holger will do much better against Brouwer.
Brouwer does not have a bad serve. The Dutchman can cause a lot of problems for Rune thanks to this component of his game. In addition, he is playing in his home country, so he has the support of the stands. This should keep Gijs afloat for a while.
Rune has made a good start to the series at European venues. Last week, the Dane reached the semi-finals in Montpellier. Then, he managed to beat Marc-Andre Huesler and Gregoire Barrere. However, in the semi-finals, he was stopped by Maxime Cressy (5-7, 7-6, 6-7).
Holger defeated Constant Lestienne (6-4, 6-4) in the first round.
Rune allowed the Frenchman two break points, but he didn’t have much of a problem because of his own good receiving game.
Holger played another superb match, which clearly showed that with this kind of tennis, he is in the top 10 for good.
Rune is currently ranked ninth in the rankings, but it is likely that the day when he will be in the top five is not far off.
Rune has won four in their last five matches against left-handers.
Brouwer, meanwhile, is ranked 160th in the ATP rankings. Interestingly, however, he was outside the top 300 a year ago.
In April 2022, Gijs reached the quarter-finals in Houston at his first ATP tournament.
In Rotterdam, he started with a surprise win over Marc-Andrea Huesler (6-3, 7-5).
Remarkably, before that, Brouwer had failed the Challengers in Koblenz and Vilnius, not winning a single match there.
Gijs had only one win in six matches before meeting Huesler.
Brouwer has only won one of the previous five meetings with the seeded players.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 6/10
Holger Rune’ Rating – 9
Holger Rune Wins/Losses in 2023 – 8/3
Gijs Brouwer’s Rating – 160
Gijs Brouwer Wins/Losses in 2023 – 2/5
In 3 of Brouwer’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 8.5” with odds of 1.384.
Rune leads with a score of 1-0 in the head-to-head encounters. The only time they met was at the Amersfoort Challenger in 2019. In that match, Rune defeated Brouwer (6-4, 6-2) in two sets.
The match will be played in Center Court, Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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