LiontipsDusan Lajovic vs Alex Molchan. Prediction and Betting Tips for ATP Hamburg (July 15, 2021).
Command Analysis
Lajovic started with a confident victory at the Hamburg Open. In the first round, the Serbian tennis player beat Lucas Pouille in straight sets (6-4, 6-4). For Dusan, this is an important victory, psychologically most of all, because throughout the season, Lajovic has been demonstrating extremely unstable performance. Clay is Dusan's preferred surface, but he has won just 4 out of 11 matches this year.
Molchan has already won three matches at the tournament in Hamburg, and at the moment Alex is in really good spirit and has a lot of confidence. He started his Hamburg campaign in the qualification rounds, where he first beat Filip Horanský in two sets (7-6, 6-2), and then defeated Christopher O'Connell (6-3, 5-7, 6-3 ). In the first round of the main draw, Molchan scored a victory over Gianluca Mager (4-6, 6-4, 7-6).
Trends
СтавкаTie-break - yes
Molchan has played 3 tie-breaks in the last five matches.
Ставка1st set: total over 9.5
More than 9.5 games have been played in the 1st set in 3 of Lajovic's last 5 matches.
Tip and bets
For the last couple of years, Molchan has been trying to move up in the tennis world from the Challengers to the ATP tournaments. Mostly Alex plays on clay and he has been quite successful so far. For example, this year Molchan managed to reach the final at the Serbia Open. In general, Alex is not an easy opponent, and we think he can get a landslide victory over Lajovic.
Our prediction - Molchan to win.
Molchan has 32 wins on clay this season, while Lajovic has only four. Alex is having a great season and we believe that the Slovak will be able to get his victory in straight sets.
Second prediction - total under 23 games.
