Carlos Alcaraz Garfia will face Cameron Norrie in the title match of the Rio Open. The match will start on February 26 at 20:30 UK time.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+5) for Norrie – 1.64.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 21 – 1.832.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – 1st Set Games Over 9.5 – 1.96.
Surprisingly, Alcaraz Garfia and Norrie will play each other in the final at their second consecutive tournament. Last week, they faced off in a decisive match in Buenos Aires. In that match, the Spaniard won in two sets. We believe that Carlos will win this week’s encounter as well, but Norrie will resist.
Alcaraz Garfia and Norrie played a final in Buenos Aires last week and that match ended rather quickly in two sets. However, Alcaraz is tired, so we don’t expect the upcoming match to be fast as well.
Carlos reached the final at his second consecutive tournament. Last week, he took the title in Buenos Aires.
This time the road to the final was not as easy as in Buenos Aires. The Spaniard has not had an easy match in Rio so far.
In the semi-finals, Alcaraz had a hard-fought victory over Nicolas Jarry (6-7, 7-5, 6-0). The Chilean only stopped resisting in the third set. Against the Chilean, Carlos served five aces, converted five break points out of six and missed one of his serves.
It is worth noting that this time, the 19-year-old gave up only one game on his own serve.
Alcaraz had beaten Mateus Alves (6-4, 6-4), Fabio Fognini (6-7, 6-2, 6-4) and Dušan Lajović (6-4, 7-6).
Alcaraz’s winning streak now stands at eight matches.
Alcaraz has won the last two of his three matches in three sets.
Cameron, meanwhile, reached the final for the third time in the season. On the previous two occasions, he failed to take the title.
Norrie defeated Bernabe Zapata-Miralles (6-2, 3-6, 7-6) in the semi-finals.
Bernabe led with a break in the third set but Norrie eventually got the Spaniard only on the deciding tie-break. Against the Spaniard, Cameron had eight aces, three break points out of nine and missed his serve twice.
In the quarter-finals, Norrie defeated Hugo Dellien of Bolivia (4-6, 6-1, 6-4).
In previous matches, world #13 defeated Juan Manuel Cerundolo (7-5, 6-1) and Thiago Monteiro (7-5, 7-5).
Norrie could win a second career title on the clay. The first was in Lyon in 2022.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 7/10
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia’s Rating – 2
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia Wins/Losses in 2023 – 8/0
Cameron Norrie’s Rating – 13
Cameron Norrie Wins/Losses in 2023 – 15/3
In 3 of Norrie’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 1.96.
Carlos Alcaraz leads with a score of 4-1 in the head-to-head encounters. The last time they met was at the Argentina Open a week ago. In that match, Alcaraz defeated Norrie (6-4, 7-5) in two sets.
The match will be played in Center Court, Jockey Club Brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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