In the quarter-finals of the Adelaide International 2, Jack Draper and Karen Khachanov will play against each other. The match will start on January 12 at 00:30.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-1) for Khachanov – 2.016.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 23 – 1.88.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – 1st Set Games Under 9.5 – 2.28.
Draper is making good progress. In this competition in Adelaide, Jack has already beaten two classy tennis players. However, I don’t believe he can cope with Khachanov in his upcoming match.
The two tennis players played a head-to-head game in the second round of the Adelaide tournament just last week. That match ended in two sets. Nevertheless, in the upcoming meeting, we expect a tight fight.
Draper started the tournament with two classy victories over strong opponents. He has not dropped a single set so far this week.
In the first round, Jack defeated Lorenzo Sonego (6-4, 6-2).
In the second match, Draper beat American Tommy Paul (6-4, 6-4).
In his match against Paul, he managed to win 88% of the points on the first serve and 54% on the second serve. These are very solid numbers.
Recall that Draper won four trophies last season. He won three tournaments at Forlì and won the Saint-Brieuc Challenger.
In six of Draper’s last ten three-set matches against top-20 ATP-ranked opponents, the two men have played at least 23 games on the court.
Karen defends last year’s quarter-finals on the local courts. Last year, he lost at this stage of the tournament to Artur Rinderknech.
Khachanov was among the seeded players, making him start straight from the second round.
In the first match, Karen defeated Marc-Andrea Hüssler (6-4, 6-4).
Khachanov played well on his own serve – 83% of points on the first ball, but he also took advantage of his opponent’s mistakes. Karen converted three break points.
Khachanov reached the quarter-finals in his first Open in Adelaide last week. He was prevented further by Daniil Medvedev (3-6, 3-6). Currently, he has a dreadful record of 22 defeats against top-10 opponents.
Khachanov has lost at least one set in eight of his last 10 matches at the quarter-final stage of tournaments.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Jack Draper’s Rating – 40
Jack Draper Wins/Losses in 2022 – 3/1
Karen Khachanov’s Rating – 20
Karen Khachanov Wins/Losses in 2022 – 3/1
In four of Khachanov’s six previous matches, less than 9.5 games were played. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games Under 9.5” with odds of 2.28.
Karen leads with a score of 2-0 in the head-to-head encounters. The last time they met was a week ago in Adelaide. In that match, Khachanov defeated Draper (6-4, 6-2) in two sets.
The match will be played in Center Court, Memorial Drive Tennis Centre, Adelaide, Australia.
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