Popyrin - Shelton. Forecast and bets for the ATP Montreal match

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Alexei PopyrinAustralia

Ben SheltonUSA

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Popyrin and Shelton will meet in the second round of the tournament in Montreal on August 8. What outcome looks most likely in this match? - read our forecast

Command Analysis

Alexei Popyrin

Popyrin won the first round of the competition in Montreal against Tomas Machac (6-3, 6-4). Alexey hit six aces, converted three break points and lost one game on his serve in the match against the Czech. For the Australian representative, this was the eighth victory on open hard courts this season with four losses. It should be noted that Popyrin is playing in the main draw of Montreal for the first time in his career.

Ben Shelton

In the first round of the tournament in Montreal, Shelton beat Alexander Bublik (7-6, 6-2). In the match against the representative of Kazakhstan, Ben served nine aces, converted three break points and lost one game on his serve. On open hard courts this season, Shelton has won 13 times and lost eight times. Let us recall that last week the American managed to reach the semi-finals at the home competition in Washington.

Trends

Bet Tie-break in the match - yes

This bet has paid off in 3 of Shelton's last 5 matches.

2.35

Rate Set Result: 1>2

In 3 of Popyrin's last 5 matches, events on the court have developed according to this scenario

2.18

Tip and bets

TipPopyrin with a handicap (+3)

1.77

Popyrin has a powerful first serve in his arsenal, which will definitely be enough to score easy points in the match against Shelton. We believe that Alexey will at least be able to grab a plus handicap in this match.

Our prediction is Popyrin's victory with a handicap of (+3) games for a coefficient of 1.77 in the Fonbet bookmaker

Will the prediction win?

TipTotal over 22

1.78

Bet on total

We expect this match to be a struggle. Popyrin and Shelton are currently in excellent playing condition, so their face-to-face confrontation will most likely be decided in three sets.

The second forecast is total over 22 games for odds of 1.78 in BC BETCITY

Bet on the first set

In Shelton's last five matches, the first set was played to more than 9.5 games. We believe that the upcoming match between Ben and Popyrin will also start with a "top" first set.

Forecast - total over 9.5 games in the first set for odds of 1.85

Will the prediction win?