LiontipsVerdasco vs Ramos. Predictions and Betting Tips for ATP Estoril Open
Command Analysis
Verdasco has played his only match in this season one month ago. We can remind that Spaniard had a long recovery after a knee injury.
This season started for Verdasco at Miami, where he lost to Bjorn Fratangelo in straight sets (4:6, 4:6). Despite the result Spaniard had a good game and the only reason of his defeat was lack of physical conditions.
In this season Ramos played the majority of his matches on clay. Everyone knows that Spaniard loves to play on this surface. And he achieved some success.
In current season Ramos reached the final at Cordoba, then reached the semi-finals at Buenos-Aires and at Marbella. At recent Barcelona tournament Albert reached the third round, where he was beaten by Andrey Rublev (4:6, 7:6, 4:6).
Trends
СтавкаSets total over 2.5
3 out of last 5 Ramos' matches finished after third set
СтавкаFirst set: total over 9.5
In 4 out of last 5 Verdasco's matches more than 9 games were played in first set
Tip and bets
It's been a month since Verdasco played his last match after long recovery from knee surgery. Eventually he lost, but didn't look too bad. It's unlikely for Verdasco to show good results right away, he need to get in a good shape again and that is his main objective now.
Ramos is a tricky opponent and he is showing great tennis on clay and he will most likely celebrate a victory in this match. But we don't expect it to be a blowout. Verdasco already knows how to beat Ramos due to his previous experience against this player. So we expect Fernando to put up a fight.
Our prediction - Verdasco to win with a handicap of (+4.5) games.
Verdasco is ahead on head-to-head games, but we shouldn't expect another victory for him, because he didn't play for a long time and is still recovering after a knee surgery. But we still believe that Fernando has chances to take some games from his compatriot, so we expect this match to take long.
Our second prediction - total over 21 games.
