Casper Ruud and Alex Molcan will play each other in the 1/16 finals of the National Bank Open. The game will start on August 9 at 16:00 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (+4) for Molcan – 1.80.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Over 22 – 1.93.
Molcan is ready to face the best tennis players on the planet. He has been playing well lately. He is quite capable of resisting Ruud.
It’s definitely not going to be an easy match for Ruud. Even on his favourite clay, he struggled to beat Alex. A couple of months ago, Casper defeated Alex in three sets. It’s possible that history will repeat itself.
Ruud continues to play at his level. Ruud has won several tournaments this season. First of all, he won in Buenos Aires, Geneva and Gstaad. In addition, Casper reached the final of Roland Garros and the Masters in Miami. All of this put him in 7th place in the world rankings.
On the hard court, Ruud won eight matches on this surface in 2022. The biggest part of his victories came at the tournament in Miami.
Ruud has won five of the last six meetings on the open hard court.
Molcan continues to progress. It’s no secret that he is excellent on clay. This season, he even reached the finals of two tournaments on this surface, in Marrakech and Lyon.
Alex has not played as many matches on hard court as on the clay, but he’s made progress. For example, in the first round of Montreal, he defeated MacKenzie McDonald (7-6, 6-4). Alex has won a total of seven matches on this surface in 2022.
Eight of Molcan’s 10 hard-court matches at ATP tournaments during the season ended in two sets.
In three of Molcan’s last five 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 1.72.
In 5 of Ruud’s last 9 matches, no tie-break has been played. We offer to bet on “Tie-Break – No” with odds of 1.64.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 6/10
Ruud’s Rating – 7
Casper Ruud Wins/Losses in 2022 – 36/14
Molcan’s Rating – 42
Alex Molcan Wins/Losses in 2022 – 27/19
The score is 1-1 in the head-to-head matches. Both matches were played on clay.
The match will be played at Center Court, IGA Stadium, Montreal, Canada.
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