Kei Nishikori vs Alexei Popyrin. Prediction and Betting Tips for ATP Wimbledon (June 29, 2021).

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Kei NishikoriJapan

Alexei PopyrinAustralia

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In the first round, Kei Nishikori will go against Alexei Popyrin. Will the Australian be able to outplay the more experienced Japanese athlete? Find the answer in our prediction below.

Command Analysis

Kei Nishikori

Nishikori has appeared at only one grass tournament this season. In the German city of Halle, he played two matches. In one of them, the Japanese managed to beat Ricardas Berankis (6-3, 2-6, 6-2), but already in the second round, he was defeated by Sebastian Korda (6-2, 3-6, 5-7).

Despite the fact that Kei struggles to play on grass, he has been showing great results at Wimbledon lately. In 2018 and 2019, he reached the quarterfinals of the Major tournament. For example, in his last match at Wimbledon, he was stopped only by Roger Federer himself. The Japanese player definitely desires to repeat that success.

Alexei Popyrin

Popyrin has played a lot more on grass this season than his opponent. He appeared at the Stuttgart Open but lost in the first round to Feliciano Lopez (4-6, 4-6). After that, there was another defeat in London. This time Alexey was defeated by Daniel Evans (4-6, 4-6). The Australian won his first victory on grass only in Eastbourne, when he beat Norbert Gombos in three sets (4-6, 6-4, 6-1). But in the next match, he lost to Ilya Ivashka (7-6, 5-7, 3-6).

The year before last, Popyrin reached the second round at Wimbledon. Back then he lost in four sets to Daniil Medvedev.

Trends

СтавкаTie-break - no

The Aussie hasn't played a tie-break in 3 of his last 4 matches.

2.29

Ставка1st set: total over 9.5

In the last four matches of Popyrin, at least ten games have been played in the first set.

1.63

Tip and bets

TipHandicap (-3.5) to Nishikori

1.72

Popyrin has a fairly strong serve, only the player is not always confident. Alexei regularly allows the opponents to break his serve, even on grass. In the last four matches on this surface, it happened nine times. We believe that Popyrin will struggle again, so we suggest giving preference to the more experienced Japanese athlete.

Our prediction - Nishikori to win with the handicap of (-3.5) games

Will the prediction win?

TipTotal under 40.5 games

1.66

Nishikori is a solid tennis player, and he probably will not provide many opportunities for Popyrin. The Japanese have won most of his last matches at Wimbledon in three sets, and we believe he has all the chances to do that in the upcoming match, too.

Second prediction - total under 40.5 games

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