Hubert Hurkacz will play against Jack Draper in the second round of the tournament in Antwerp. The game will start on October 19 at 19:30.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+3) for Draper – 1.45.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 22 – 1.49.
Draper on the indoor hard court has been showing a fine game this season. This year, indoors, Jack has 23 wins with just two losses. Jack has won four tournaments in the first half of the season, which have been on a hard court. We believe that Hurkacz will have a difficult match.
Draper has had an excellent performance on the indoor hard court. He has 23 wins and just two defeats on this surface this season. We believe that Jack will definitely not be easy prey in the upcoming match.
Hurkacz has performed quite well on the indoor hard-court events over the last month. In late September, Hubert reached the semi-finals at a tournament in Metz, where he lost to Lorenzo Sonego (6-7, 4-6). Just recently, he booked a quarter-final exit at a tournament in Astana, where he fell short against Stefanos Tsitsipas (6-7, 3-6).
Recall that Hurkacz has one trophy to his credit this year. He won the grass-court event in Halle in June, where he defeated Daniil Medvedev (6-1, 6-4) in the final.
Hurkacz has four straight wins over left-handed players on his record.
Draper has already played one match in Antwerp. In the first round, he faced Jenson Brooksby and managed to beat him quite easily in two sets (6-1, 6-2).
On indoor hard courts this year, Jack has a perfect record of 23 wins with just two losses. He won the Indoors Challenger in Forlì in the first half of the season and also secured victory at the Saint-Brieuc tournament.
Draper has five wins in his previous six encounters with top-20 representatives.
In 3 of Draper’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 1.62.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 6/10
Hurkacz’s Rating – 11
Hubert Hurkacz Wins/Losses in 2022 – 37/18
Draper’s Rating – 48
Jack Draper Wins/Losses in 2022 – 43/14
Hubert and Jack will play their first head-to-head match.
The match will be played at Center Court, Lotto Arena, Antwerp, Belgium.
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