Alexey Vatutin and Alexei Popirin will face each other at the start of the Indoors Challenger in Roanne. Popyrin should seem to win easily due to his considerable class advantage, but there are prerequisites for problems in his clash with Vatutin. The match will start on November 7 at 21:00.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+3.5) for Vatutin – 1.856.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 22 – 1.828.
Popyrin is far from his optimum playing conditions, which is something Vatutin will have to take advantage of in the upcoming match. It’s hard to believe in an easy win for the Australian in this encounter.
Popyrin is the favourite in this match, but we think it will be very difficult for him to confirm his status. He is not playing his best tennis this season and has not won a single match on the indoor hard court in the four games played this year.
Vatutin sensationally made it to the main draw of the ATP tournament in Gijon last month. In the decisive round of qualifying, he defeated Carlos Taberner (6-2, 6-2).
However, immediately afterwards, he lost to Pedro Cachin (6-7, 0-6), dropping the second set without taking a game.
At the next three tournaments, Hamburg, Brest and Bergamo, he did not win a single match, losing to Henri Laaksonen (6-4, 2-6, 6-2), Nuno Borges (6-3, 4-6, 4-6) and Alibek Kachmazov (5-7, 7-5, 6-7) respectively.
Remarkably, before the tournament in Gijon, Vatutin had a series of six defeats.
Vatutin is currently ranked 276th in the current version of the rankings.
Vatutin had won at least a set in three of his previous five matches as an underdog.
Popyrin has lost his form due to injuries and has fallen outside the top 100 in the world rankings this season. He has failed in the last few tournaments.
Popyrin, meanwhile, is ranked 131st in the world rankings. Contrary to expectations, Alexei failed the season and now has to travel to the Challengers.
Popyrin still hopes to advance to the main draw of the Australian Open without qualifying.
The Australian has only won five matches at the ATP level this year.
He had a poor showing last month in Tokyo, Seoul and Basel. He also missed out on a first-round bye in San Diego.
Overall, Popyrin clearly dropped, although last year, it seemed as though he was about to break into the top 50.
Popyrin has lost all four of his indoor hard-court encounters this season.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Alexey Vatutin’s Rating – 274
Alexey Vatutin Wins/Losses in 2022 – 38/36
Alexei Popyrin’s Rating – 107
Alexei Popyrin Wins/Losses in 2022 – 21/32
In 3 of Popyrin’s last 5 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 1.83.
Vatutin has played three tie-breaks in his last five games.
Alexey Vatutin and Alexei Popyrin will play their first head-to-head match.
The match will be played at Court Pierre Troisgros, Club Riorgeois de Tennis, Roanne, France.
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