Medvedev vs Ivashka: prediction for the Halle Open match

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 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.