Jannik Sinner will face Nuno Borges in the second round of the Sofia Open. The game will start on September 29 at 16:00.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-5) for Sinner – 1.56.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Under 20.5 – 1.58.
Hard can’t be called a comfortable surface for Borges. If the Portuguese would have played on clay, he could have had some success. However, he would be unlikely to be able to put up much of a fight against the favourite.
Borges is significantly inferior to Sinner in terms of class. It is unlikely that the Portuguese will be able to put up a fight against the reigning champion.
Sinner came to Sofia to defend his championship title. However, he won the tournament in the Bulgarian capital not only last season but also the year before.
Jannik was among the seeded players, thanks to which he will start straight from the second round.
He played two matches in the Davis Cup in mid-September. First, the world’s tenth-ranked player beat Francisco Cerundolo and then lost to Mikael Ymer.
Earlier this month, Sinner reached the quarter-finals at the US Open. Jannik had one foot in the semi-finals but somehow inexplicably missed several match points in his match against Carlos Alcaraz (3-6, 7-6, 7-6, 5-7, 3-6)
Sinner has won all nine previous matches in Sofia.
Borges started the tournament with a win over Mirza Basic (3-6, 6-3, 6-2).
Nuno played the Challenger in Braga last week. He started off quietly in the first round but then crashed out against Matheus Puccinelli de Almeida (2-6, 4-6).
One of his main achievements was reaching the main draw of the US Open. What’s more, after qualifying he made it one round, beating Ben Shelton (7-6, 3-6, 7-6, 6-7, 6-3). In the second round, Nunu lost to Wu Yibing (7-6, 6-7, 6-4, 4-6, 4-6).
Borges has won only one match this year at the ATP main draw level.
Borges has crossed paths with the top 50 on three occasions in the past and was defeated each time.
In 3 of Sinner’s last 5 matches, less than 9.5 games have been played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games – Under 9.5” with odds of 1.66.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 6/10
Sinner’s Rating – 10
Jannik Sinner Wins/Losses in 2022 – 43/13
Borges’ Rating – 93
Nuno Borges Wins/Losses in 2022 – 40/20
Sinner and Borgesi will play their first head-to-head match.
The match will be played at Center Court, Arena Armeec, Sofia, Bulgaria.
We recommend checking out the odds for the Sofia Open: Sinner vs Borges at 22bet and MelBet.