Carlos Alcaraz Garfia will play against Botic van de Zandschulp in the second round of the Swiss Indoors Basel. The match will start on October 26 at 18:00.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-5) for Alcaraz – 2.05.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Under 22 – 1.61.
Alcaraz Garfia is not perfect yet, but we believe that he will only get better with each match. It’s time for Carlos to get back to work after the victorious US Open since the ATP Finals are ahead.
They faced each other in the Australian Open last season and it was a short encounter. We expect the upcoming match to be a short one as well. Van de Zandschulp has not been particularly impressive on the indoor hard court this season, so we believe that Alcaraz Garfia will once again outplay Botic with a solid score.
For Alcaraz, the tournament started with a tough match against Jack Draper (3-6, 6-2, 7-5). Carlos was very weak in the first set, making too many mistakes as he tried to play aggressively all the time.
Eventually, at some point, Carlos changed his tactics and it worked. World #1 took the second game with a score of 6-2. In the deciding set, he managed to break the key point at 5-5.
In short, this is a case where the most important thing is the result. The Spaniard was unlikely to be satisfied with his performance.
Alcaraz apparently finds it difficult to play on slow indoor courts. In early October, he lost to David Goffin (5-7, 3-6) in the first round of a tournament in Astana.
In seven of Alcaraz’s last ten matches, more than 21.5 games have been played.
Botic defeated Adrian Mannarino (6-4, 4-6, 6-4) in the first round. Like his opponent, Botic also made many mistakes, including in games on his own serve. It’s hard to see this result as natural.
Last week, he did not win a single match in Antwerp. In the first match, he lost to Dominik Stricker (2-6, 4-6) taking only six games.
In Astana, Botic easily got through the first round, defeating a local tennis player, but after that, he lost to Novak Djokovic (3-6, 1-6), essentially almost without a fight.
Since the tournament in Winston-Salem, where he reached the semi-finals, Botic has never won more than one match.
Van De Zandschulp had failed to pick up more than one win in eight of the previous nine tournaments.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Alcaraz’s Rating – 1
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia Wins/Losses in 2022 – 53/13
Botic’s Rating – 35
Botic van de Zandschulp Wins/Losses in 2022 – 39/26
In 3 of Botic’s last 5 matches, less than 9.5 games have been played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games Under 9.5” with odds of 1.764.
Alcaraz leads with a score of 1-0 in the head-to-head encounters. The only time they met was at the Australian Open in 2021. In that match, Alcaraz defeated Botic (6-1, 6-4, 6-4) in three sets.
The match will be played at Center Court, St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland.
We recommend checking out the odds for the 2022 Swiss Indoors Basel: Alcaraz vs Botic at 1xBet.