LiontipsJozef Kovalik vs Benoit Paire. Prediction and Betting Tips for ATP Gstaad (July 19, 2021).
Command Analysis
Kovalik has been in a downturn lately. If earlier Josef felt confident at major tournaments, now he mostly plays at different Challengers. So it is unlikely that he will show us something amazing in Gstaad. Probably he will be out as quickly as last week at the Hamburg Open. Then, Kovalik lost to Zhang Zhizhen in the first round of qualification (4-6, 4-6).
Paire performed quite well last week in Hamburg. We hope that we will see more of that from the Frenchman because so far he has been very disappointing this season. With the right attitude, Benoit can compete against any tennis player in the world. In Hamburg, Paire passed Richards Berankis who withdrew from the tournament, then the French tennis player beat Juan Varillias (7-5, 7-6), and lost to Federico Delbonis in the quarterfinals (6-4, 6-7, 4-6).
Trends
СтавкаTie-break - yes
Paire has played 3 tie-breaks in the last 5 matches.
Ставка1st set: total under 9.5
Less than 9.5 games were played in the first set in 3 of Kovalik's last 5 matches.
Tip and bets
At the tournament in Hamburg, Paire finally demonstrated good tennis, which gives us hope that the French tennis player will soon get out of the long crisis. At least the quality of Benoit's performance was very high, and so we suggest betting on his victory.
Our prediction - Paire to win.
The only head-to-head match finished in two sets. We expect a similar scenario in the upcoming confrontation. After the tournament in Hamburg paire must be in good spirits, and we think he is going to beat Kovalik in straight sets.
Second wager - total under 23 games.
