In the second round of the Adelaide International 2, Andrey Rublev and Thanasi Kokkinakis will play against each other. The match will start on January 11 at 08:30.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+3) for Kokkinakis – 1.88.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 23 – 1.85.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – Tie-Break – Yes – 1.63.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #4 – 1st Set Games Over 9.5 – 1.535.
Rublev is far from his optimum playing conditions at the moment. We believe that Andrey will have a tough match, taking into account the fact that Kokkinakis is showing a good game at the moment. Earlier, he defeated Cressy and gave a decent fight to Sinner. We expect Kokkinakis to be able to put up a good fight against Rublev.
Rublev is not yet showing his best game, so we think it will not be easy for him to confirm his status as a favourite in the upcoming match. We expect this match to be decided in three sets.
Rublev started the season with a loss for the first time in his career. He did not win a single match in his first tournament in Adelaide last week.
Andrey lost straight away to Roberto Bautista-Agut (6-4, 3-6, 4-6). It was a most upsetting defeat considering that Andrey took the first set and led with a break in the second set.
Rublev started strongly and relentlessly hammered Roberto with powerful baseline shots, but later he realized he would not be able to play at this pace for the whole match.
After this game, he felt his best chance of reaching the quarter-finals at the Australian Open. Doing better with his stamina will be difficult.
Rublev has lost three of his last five matches on Australian courts.
Kokkinakis, unlike Rublev, who was among the seeded, started in the first round.
On Monday, Thanasi played a sharply contested match against Alexei Popyrin (6-0, 6-7, 7-5). Kokkinakis won the first set with a score of 0-6, but even that did not put his opponent out of contention.
Thanasi lost the second set on a tie-break, but in the decisive set, he still managed to win the match against his compatriot who had failed to win the serve with a 5-6 lead.
Kokkinakis won one match last week in his first tournament in Adelaide. After beating Maxime Cressy (7-6, 7-6), he lost to Jannik Sinner (6-7, 4-6).
Kokkinakis had lost the previous five meetings with the top seeds, but never by more than three games.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Andrey Rublev’s Rating – 6
Andrey Rublev Wins/Losses in 2022 – 0/1
Thanasi Kokkinakis’s Rating – 110
Thanasi Kokkinakis Wins/Losses in 2022 – 2/1
Rublev has played two tie-breaks in his last five matches. We offer to bet on “Tie-Break – Yes” with odds of 1.63.
In 3 of Kokkinakis’ 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 1.535.
Andrey and Thanasi will play their first head-to-head match.
The match will be played in Center Court, Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, Adelaide, Australia.
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