Holger Rune will play against Stan Wawrinka in the first round of the Paris Masters. The match will start on October 31 at 19:00.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-3) for Rune – 1.938.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Under 23 – 1.85.
Rune has made decent progress. Under Mouratoglou, he won the competition in Stockholm, where he defeated Tsitsipas in the final. Last week, Holger reached the final in Basel. Rune has all the prerequisites for a successful performance in Paris, as long as he is physically strong enough.
Rune played in three finals in October, one of which he managed to finish in his favour. Holger is definitely in great form at the moment, so we expect to see a strong start in Paris.
Rune had a great showing last month, moving up into the top 20. He is now ranked 18th in the new version of the rankings.
Holger reached the final in Basel last week. In the decisive match, he lost to Felix Auger Aliassime (3-6, 5-7).
For Rune, it was his third consecutive final. Just before the Basel tournament, he had won the title in Stockholm, beating Stefanos Tsitsipas (6-4, 6-4) in the final match. He also managed to beat Cameron Norrie (6-7, 6-3, 6-3) and Alex De Minaur (4-6, 7-6, 7-5).
At the Sofia Open, Rune lost in the final to Marc-Andrea Huesler (4-6, 6-7), although he stopped Jannik Sinner (5-7, 6-4, 5-2) before that.
All in all, there is a new star in tennis. Next season, this guy will be one of the top ten players in the world.
Rune has made a successful start in four of the last five tournaments.
Wawrinka also had a great previous week, reaching the quarter-finals in Basel. This is indeed a success.
Especially in the first round, Stan defeated Casper Ruud (6-4 6-4). Then came a win over Brandon Nakashima (6-4, 5-7, 6-4).
In the quarter-finals, Wawrinka lost in a very tight match to Roberto Bautista-Agut (5-7, 6-7). Even from the scoreline, you can see that it was a completely equal game here.
It is also worth recalling that at the Metz tournament in late September, Wawrinka reached the semi-finals while managing to beat Daniil Medvedev (6-4, 6-7, 6-3) in the second round.
You have to understand that Wawrinka has enough bad tournaments in which he has never won at all.
Wawrinka has lost seven times in his ten previous encounters against the top 50.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Rune’s Rating – 25
Holger Rune Wins/Losses in 2022 – 43/26
Wawrinka’s Rating – 194
Stan Wawrinka Wins/Losses in 2022 – 10/15
In 3 of Wawrinka’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 1.662.
Holger and Stan will play their first head-to-head match.
The match will be played at Court 1, AccorHotels Arena, Paris, France.
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