Holger Rune will face Marc-Andrea Huesler in the title match of the Sofia Open. The game will start on October 2 at 16:30.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-2) for Rune – 1.74.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 22 – 1.58.
Rune will probably win the meeting, though. The Dane is a more versatile tennis player. In addition, he’s good against players who rely on strong serve.
Rune is certainly superior to Marc-Andrea in his backline play. Despite this, we doubt Holger will win easily. Huesler has quite a strong serve. In the last two games, he has racked up 36 aces. Given Marc-Andrea’s style of play, we think the encounter will be a long one.
Rune reached his second ATP-level final of the season and career. Holger took the title in Munich in the spring.
On Saturday, Holger faced Jannik Sinner (5-7, 6-4. 5-2). The Dane dropped the first set, and took the second 6-4. After that, in the third set, Jannik withdrew in the third due to injury. However, Jannik gave up the fight already at 5:2 in favour of his opponent.
It is noteworthy that in only one match this week Rune was able to win in two sets. In the first round, he won on two tie-breaks against Tim van Rijthoven (7-6, 7-6).
Rune won more than two matches in a row for the first time since Roland Garros, where he managed to reach the quarter-finals.
Rune has won five of his last eight matches against left-handers.
Huesler, meanwhile, reached the final at an ATP tournament for the first time in his career. However, this success, however, was no fluke.
At the end of August, Marc-Andrea was one step away from a final in Winston-Salem.
In Sofia, Huesler was astonished by his ability to get out of the most difficult situations. In the quarter-finals, he dropped back-to-back match ball against Kamil Majchrzak (6-7, 7-6, 6-3).
In the semi-finals, Marc-Andrea lost to Lorenzo Musetti (1-5) in the tie-break of the first set. In the second set, he managed to win back a breakpoint at a score of 4-4.
Huesler also defeated Pablo Carreno-Busta (6-3, 3-6, 6-2) in the second round.
Huesler has four wins under his belt in the previous five meetings with the top 50.
In 3 of Huesler’s last 4 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 1.62.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 6/10
Rune’s Rating – 31
Holger Rune Wins/Losses in 2022 – 35/25
Huesler’s Rating – 95
Marc-Andrea Huesler Wins/Losses in 2022 – 43/24
Huesler leads with a score of 1-0 in the head-to-head matches.
The match will be played at Center Court, Arena Armeec, Sofia, Bulgaria.
We recommend checking out the odds for the Sofia Open: Rune vs Huesler at 22bet and MelBet.