LiontipsKokkinakis vs Bautista Agut. Prediction and bets on the ATP Montreal match
Command Analysis
Kokkinakis won the first round of the Montreal tournament qualification against Roberto Carballes Baena (7-6, 6-3). Thanasi served eight aces, converted two break points and lost one game on his serve in the match against the Spanish player. It should be noted that this was the Australian's 11th victory on open hard courts this season, with ten losses. Last week, Kokkinakis reached third place in the tournament in Washington.
Bautista Agut beat Aslan Karatsev (3-6, 7-5, 6-2) in the first round of qualifying at the Montreal tournament. Roberto served four aces, converted five break points and lost three games on his serve in the match against the Russian. For the Spaniard, this was his seventh victory on open hard courts this season, with seven losses. Bautista Agut showed his best result on this surface in January, when he reached the quarterfinals in Hong Kong.
Trends
Bet Tie-break in the match - no
This bet has played in 3 of the 5 previous Bautista-Agut matches
1.29Rate Set Result: 1>2
In 3 of Kokkinakis' last 5 matches, events on the court have unfolded according to this scenario
2.18Tip and bets
Kokkinakis has already beaten one clay court fan, Carballes Baena, in the first round of qualifying. We believe that Thanasi is quite capable of dealing with Bautista Agut, who also prefers a slow surface. We are betting on the Australian to win this match.
Our prediction is Kokkinakia's victory with odds of 1.74 in BC BETCITY
Bet on total
The only face-to-face encounter between the tennis players was played last season and ended in three sets. Most likely, the next meeting between Kokkinakis and Bautista-Agut will also be a "top" one.
The second forecast is total over 22 games for odds of 1.83 in OLIMPBET bookmaker
Bet on the first set
Three of the last five Bautista-Agut matches have seen the first set go to fewer than 9.5 games. We expect the upcoming Roberto vs. Kokkinakis match to also start with a low first set.
Forecast - total under 9.5 games in the first set for odds of 1.89
