Ugo Humbert will play against Holger Rune in the third round of the Australian Open. The match will start on January 21 at 02:00.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-6) for Rune – 1.92.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Under 38 – 1.71.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – 1st Set Games Under 9.5 – 1.91.
Rune defeated Krajinovic by nine games and Cressy by six. It is unlikely that Humbert will do better. Ugo is far from his optimum condition at the moment, as he is acting too unstable. In this regard, we suggest considering a solid win for the Dane.
Last season, the tennis players played two head-to-head encounters. Rune won both of them convincingly. Humbert did not even manage to win a single set. The Frenchman is likely to meet the same fate.
Humbert failed to return to the top 100 in the ATP rankings. Heis currently ranked 106th. However, this did not stop him from making the main draw of the Australian Open.
Humbert reached the third round at the Australian Open for the first time in his career.
In the first round, Ugo beat Richard Gasquet (6-3, 6-4, 6-3), who had won the tournament in Oakland, New Zealand, a couple of days earlier.
In the next match, Humbert defeated the lucky-loser Denis Kudla (6-2, 6-7, 6-2, 6-4).
Remarkably, Humbert started the season with two defeats. In Adelaide, he failed to qualify, losing to Wu Yibing (3-6, 6-7). In Oakland, he lost straight away to Christopher Eubanks (7-6, 7-6).
Ugo Humbert has won seven of his last ten matches against top-10 tennis players.
Rune also suffered a nasty defeat in his first match of the new season. He lost to Yoshihito Nishioka (2-6, 6-4, 6-4) in three sets. However, so far in Melbourne, he is playing without a hitch.
There are many opinions about Rune, but he has proved in his first two matches in the Australian Open that he is not to be underestimated. He has handled his previous opponents with far too much confidence.
In the first round of the Australian Open, Holger defeated Filip Krajinovic (6-2, 6-3, 6-4).
Next up was a victory over Maxime Cressy (7-5, 6-4, 6-4). Maxime, like last year, failed to intimidate Holger with his unpleasant serve.
It is worth noting that this is Rune’s second time competing at the Australian Open. Last season, he failed to break the first-round hurdle, losing in five sets to Kwon.
Holger Rune has won eight of his last nine matches overall.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 7/10
Ugo Humbert’s Rating – 106
Ugo Humbert Wins/Losses in 2023 – 2/2
Holger Rune’s Rating – 10
Holger Rune Wins/Losses in 2023 – 2/1
In 3 of Humbert’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 1.91.
Rune leads with a score of 2-0 in the head-to-head encounters. The last time they met was at the Swiss Indoors in 2022. In that match, Rune defeated Humbert (6-4, 6-2) in two sets.
The match will be played in John Cain Arena, Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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