Holger Rune and Benoit Paire will face each other in the second-round game of the Citi Open. The game will start on August 3 at 17:00 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (+5) for Paire – 1.50.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Over 19.5 – 1.46.
Trusting Paire is a risky business, but still, we give a preference for him. He looked good against Gojowczyk. There was confidence in his performance. Rune, on the other hand, lacks that kind of confidence. At the very least, Paire should put up a good fight against the favourite.
Paire is a peculiar tennis player. If his game isn’t going well, he can give up a match without a fight. It’s unlikely to change much against Rune.
In early June, Rune reached the quarter-finals of Roland Garros. However, after that, his game declined. His defeat by Casper Ruud (1-6, 6-4, 6-7, 3-6) had a bad effect on Holger. He slowed down and hit a black streak. After this, Holger lost six matches in a row.
Even on his beloved clay, Rune was still unable to win. A fortnight ago, he lost in Umag to Bernabe Zapata Miralles (6-3, 3-6, 2-6). Before that, he also lost to Marc-Andrea Huesler (3-6, 4-6) and Tallon Griekspoor (6-7, 5-7).
Rune has won four of his seven matches on the open hard court this season as a favourite.
In the first round of the Citi Open, Paire broke his streak of eight defeats. At that time, while Benoit was fooling around, he managed to drop to 112th place. Hr needs to rectify the situation as a matter of urgency. After all, now he can’t get a direct ticket to most of the prestigious tournaments.
The match with Peter Gojowczyk (7-5, 6-4) turned out surprisingly well. Benoit only gave up one serve to his opponent. This allowed him to celebrate a victory.
Paire has lost 7 of his last 10 matches to higher-ranked opponents.
In 3 of Rune’s last 4 matches, less than 9.5 games have been played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games – Under 9.5” with odds of 1.86.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 5/10
Rune’s Rating – 28
Holger Rune Wins/Losses in 2022 – 27/11
Paire’s Rating – 112
Benoit Paire Wins/Losses in 2022 – 7/23
Rune defeated Paire (6-2, 6-3) on the clay at Chile Open in 2021.
The match will be played at Grandstand, William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, Washington, USA.
We recommend checking out the odds for the Citi Open: Rune vs Paire at Helabet and Melbet.