Alejandro Davidovich Fokina will face Felix Auger Aliassime in the quarter-finals of the Qatar Open. The match will start on February 23 at 16:30 UK time.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+6) for Davidovich Fokina – 1.725.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 19 – 1.80.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – 1st Set Games Over 9.5 – 2.15.
Auger Aliassime is not perfect yet, so we think that Davidovich Fokina will have a chance to claw his way to the plus side in the upcoming match. All the more, the Spanish tennis player is in good form now, thanks to which he has already beatenLestienne and Kwon.
Davidovich Fokina and Auger Aliassime have previously faced each other three times in their careers, and all three bouts between the tennis players have been fought out. We expect the upcoming match to be a battle as well and likely to end in three sets.
Alejandro won two matches in a row for the second time this season. In January, he reached the quarter-finals in Adelaide, where he lost to Bautista Agut (2-6, 3-6).
Alejandro started in Doha with a win over Frenchman Constantin Lestienne (6-4, 6-3). A solid serve was the key to his success, with Davidovich Fokina getting five break points.
In the second round, Alejandro defeated Kwon Soon-woo of Korea (6-3, 6-2). This time, he did not lose his serve once and made three breaks. This marks the second year in a row that the Spaniard has reached the quarter-finals of the Qatar Open.
Davidovich Fokina reached the quarter-finals in Doha for the second year in a row.
Davidovich Fokina has lost two of his last eight matches against the top 10.
Felix was seeded and started in the second round.
In his first match, Auger Aliassime defeated Jason Kubler (4-6, 6-1, 6-4) of Australia.
The Canadian made one mistake in the first set, while he played the next two sets almost perfectly.
The Canadian advances to the quarter-finals for the second tournament in a row. Auger Aliassime won two matches in Rotterdam last week. In the quarter-finals, Felix lost to Daniil Medvedev (2-6, 4-6).
Auger Aliassime has won six of his last seven matches as a clear favourite.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 6/10
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina’s Rating – 31
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Wins/Losses in 2023 – 6/4
Felix Auger Aliassime’s Rating – 9
Felix Auger Aliassime Wins/Losses in 2023 – 6/3
In 3 of the last 5 Auger Aliassime’s matches, more than 9.5 games have been played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games Over 9.5” with odds of 2.15.
Auger Aliassime leads with a score of 3-0 in the head-to-head encounters. The only time they met was at the ATP Masters in Rome in 2022. In that match, Auger Aliassime defeated Davidovich Fokina (4-6, 7-6, 6-2) in three sets.
The match will be played in Center Court, Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, Doha, Qatar.
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