Alexander Bublik vs Dusan Lajovic prediction for Wimbledon round two clash at the All England Club. You can follow our free prediction betting tips and preview on this page.
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Bookmaker Ratings prediction one: Bublik -6.5 games handicap – 1.99
Bookmaker Ratings prediction two: Under 34.5 games – 1.89
Bookmaker Ratings prediction three: Lajovic to win a set – 1.62
Bublik -6.5 Games Handicap
Alexander Bublik has a 58% winning rate on the grass in his career with a 16 -11 win-loss record. On the other side, Lajovic has won five of his 20 matches on the green courts with a rate of 25%.
Under 34.5 Games
Alexander Bublik is a better grass-court player than Dusan Bublik and he will be dictating this match. Playing in Wimbledon, the Kazakh player has played an average of 29.6 games per match.
Lajovic to Win a Set
Despite his not-so-encouraging record in Wimbledon or grass, Lajovic has fought well in his matches. To illustrate, the Serb has won at least a set in seven of his 11 matches at Wimbledon.
Alexander Bublik made the most of Marton Fucsovics’ recent fitness issues to race to a dominant straight-set win in the first round at Wimbledon. He fired 15 aces, held onto all his service games, and created ten breakpoint chances on the former Boys’ Wimbledon champion’s serve, 6-1 6-2 6-4.
With this win, the big-serving Kazakh maintained his 100% record (4-0) in opening-round matches on grass this year. He failed to take his chances in the second round against Andy Murray in Stuttgart and Marin Cilic in London earlier this month before making his way through to the quarterfinal in Eastbourne last week.
Dusan Lajovic‘s job was also made easier by his opponent’s fitness problems as Pablo Carreno Busta was forced to retire at the end of the second set. The Serbian looked in trouble as he lost the first set and twice trailed the second set by a break, but the Spaniard couldn’t maintain his level.
His only previous second-round match in slams this year ended in a straight-set defeat against Carlos Alcaraz at the Australian Open, and he lost all his previous three second-round matches here at Wimbledon, against Lukasz Kubot in 2014, Roger Federer in 2017, and Dan Evans in 2021.
With his big serve that resulted in 16 aces in the first round, Bublik is a far better grass-court player than Lajovic. As a result, and since the odds for Bublik to win is quite low at 1.25, we will back for the Kazakh player to win more games and be able to cover the -6.5 games handicap.
Bublik’s three of the last six matches in Grand Slam tournaments ended in four sets. Similarly, Lajovic’s two of his last five Grand Slam matches produced four sets. Hence, with odds of 2.90 at Sportsbet.io, we will back to see four sets in this match.
Head-to-Head – 1-0 for Lajovic
Type of Court – Grass
Speed of Court – 7/10
Bublik Ranking – 38
Bublik 2022 Win/Loss – 16/16
Lajovic Ranking – 64
Lajovic 2022 Win/Loss – 15/18
Who won the last meeting between these players?
Lajovic beat Bublik 3-1 on 10/02/2021 at the Australian Open.
Where will this match be played?
Wednesday’s game will be played at the All England Club.
Which bookmaker has the best odds for this fixture?
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