In the first round of the National Bank Open, we will see the fourth head-to-head duel between Diego Schwartzman and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. So far, Diego has dominated the head-to-head encounters, having won each of his three previous duels, but has been unimpressive lately. Diego Schwartzman and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina will play each other in the 1/32 finals of the National Bank Open. The game will start on August 10 at 00:30 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (-1) for Schwartzman – 2.01.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Over 21 – 1.65.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Three – Total Sets Over 2.5 – 2.52.
In this pairing, Schwartzman is far superior in head-to-head encounters, leading with a score of 3-0. All three matches were held on hard courts. We suggest that Diego will get the win in the upcoming match as well.
Shwartzman and Davidovich Fokina are not looking their best for the season. The tennis players are very unstable, which makes a quick win for one of them very difficult to believe. We believe we’re in for a long match, which will most likely last for three sets.
Schwartzman has poorly failed in several recent tournaments and has since decided to take a short break.
In mid-July, Diego defeated Elias Ymer (7-5, 6-3) in his opening match at Bastad in Sweden, but then was defeated by Pablo Carreno-Busta (1-6, 0-6), taking only one game in that match.
In Hamburg, Schwartzman did not get through a single round at all. This time, he was unexpectedly stopped by Emil Ruusuvuori (5-7, 4-6).
As a result, Schwartzman decided to give up the opportunity to play in the Atlanta and Washington tournaments.
Schwartzman had won more than one match in only one of the eight previous tournaments he had taken part in.
Schwartzman has notched up 4 wins in his last 7 Natiolan Bank Open matches.
Davidovich Fokina has not played on the hard court yet after the July tournaments, the result of which probably did not bring him much satisfaction either.
In Hamburg, Alejandro made it through two rounds before losing in the quarterfinals to eventual tournament winner Lorenzo Musetti (4-6, 3-6).
In Bastad, Davidovich Fokina dropped out after the second round, losing to Sebastian Baez (2-6, 3-6).
Earlier this season, Davidovich Fokina could only win two consecutive matches on the hard court in Doha, where he reached the quarter-finals.
Davidovich Fokina has lost six of his eight matches on the hard court.
In 3 of Davidovich Fokina’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 odds of 1.68.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 6/10
Schwartzman’s Rating – 15
Diego Schwartzman Wins/Losses in 2022 – 27/17
Davidovich Fokina’s Rating – 35
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Wins/Losses in 2022 – 18/19
Schwartzman had previously defeated Davidovich Fokina three times.
The match will be played at Center Court, IGA Stadium & Sobeys Stadium, Montreal, Canada.
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