Medvedev vs Ivashka: prediction for the Halle Open match
Daniil Medvedev goes against Ilya Ivashka in the 2nd round of the Halle Open on Thursday, June 16. Who will progress to the last eight? Here's our prediction.

Command Analysis

Daniil Medvedev

Daniil Medvedev has started his Halle Open campaign with a confident victory over David Goffin. The Russian athlete surrended only five games in the opening match (6-3, 6-2). Last week, Medvedev suffered an upsetting defeat in the final of the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships - he lost in straight sets to the world No. 225 Tim van Rijthoven (4-6, 1-6).

Ilya Ivashka

Ilya Ivashka overcame Jan-Lennard Struff in the first round of the current tournament. He dropped the first set and won the last one on a tie-break (3-6, 6-3, 7-6). Last week, Ivashka also participated in the tournament in 's-Hertogenbosch - in the quarterfinal, he lost to Daniil Medvedev (6-7, 4-6). The Belarusian tennis player won 76% of his first serves in that match and had two out of three break points.
Trends
СтавкаTie-break - no
Medvedev has played 1 tie-break in his last 5 matches.

Ставка1st set: total under 9.5 games
In 3 of Ivashka's last 5 matches, fewer than 9.5 games were played in the first set.

Tip and bets
The opponents have met last week, and it was a close match. Medvedev is a strong favorite, but Ivashka is in good form and will put up a fight, creating problems for the Russian. We will be backing the underdog here.
Our prediction - handicap(+4.5) to Ivashka
In fact, all six of their previous meetings were close. We believe that Ivashka and Medvedev will have another long battle and suggest taking the over - this definitely won't be an easy win for Medvedev.
Second bet - total over 21 games