The top favourites go into the tournament in Gijon and the first seed, Andrey Rublev, will play for a place in the ¼ final against Ilya Ivashka, who defeated Feliciano Lopez in the first round. The game will start on October 13 at 17:00.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-4) for Rublev – 2.01.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 22 – 1.81.
Ivashka and Rublev met last season at a tournament in St, Petersburg, which, like the competition in Gijon, was held on an indoor hard court. Andrey won the match in two sets. Andrey is in great form right now, reaching the semi-finals in Astana last week. We believe that he is capable of upsetting Ivashka again.
Both Rublev and Ivashka approached the competition in Gijon in good playing condition. Andrey reached the semi-finals in Astana last week. While Ilya played quite well at the competition in Sofia a week ago, where he managed to make it to the quarterfinals of the tournament. We believe that it will be a close fight in this pairing.
Rublev reached the semi-finals in Astana last week. He was aiming for at least a final, but all the same, Andrey was quite successful, showing some great tennis.
Including in his match against Stefanos Tsitsipas. Rublev won the first set but had trouble breaking it down, allowing Stef to bounce back.
Before that, Rublev had beaten Laslo Djere (6-4, 6-3), Zhang Zhizhen (6-3, 6-2) and Adrian Mannarino (6-1, 6-2) without dropping a single set.
Rublev has won 10 of his 12 indoor matches this year.
Only four times this season has Rublev failed to reach the second round at ATP tournaments.
Ivashka, unlike Rublev, who was seeded, started in the first round. He defeated Feliciano Lopez (6-3, 6-7, 6-4) on Tuesday.
Against Feliciano, the match proved to be far from as easy as expected. Ilya overpowered the veteran only in the third set.
In late September, Ivashka played well in Sofia, reaching the quarterfinals. Here, the best part is that he managed to beat Grigor Dimitrov (6-3, 7-6) and Mikael Ymer (7-6, 4-6, 7-5). In the next match, he lost to Holger Rune (2-6, 7-5, 4-6).
Ivashka won six of his 10 indoor matches this season.
Ivashka has played eight times this season against top-10 representatives and lost six times.
In 4 of Ivashka’s last 5 matches, more than 9.5 games have been played in the first set.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 7/10
Rublev’s Rating – 9
Andrey Rublev Wins/Losses in 2022 – 43/16
Ivashka’s Rating – 70
Ilya Ivashka Wins/Losses in 2022 – 23/20
Rublev leads with a score of 2-0 in the head-to-head encounters. The last time they met was at the St. Petersburg Open in 2021. In that match, Rublev defeated Ivashka (6-4, 6-4) in two sets.
The match will be played at Center Court, Palacio de Deportes de Gijón, Gijon, Spain.
We recommend checking out the odds for the 2022 Gijon Open: Rublev vs Ivashka at 1xBet.