Third seed Roberto Bautista Agut will play against Sebastian Korda in the second round at the tournament in Gijon. The game will start on October 13 at 16:30.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+2) for Bautista Agut – 1.60.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 22 – 1.77.
Bautista Agut performed well at Astana last week as he reached the quarter-finals, beating both Auger Aliassime and Kotov. Undoubtedly, Roberto is in good form and will do well at his home tournament in Gijon.
Bautista Agut is in fine form, having reached the quarter-finals in Astana last week. Korda is also in good form at the moment. So, it’s worth expecting a lot of games played in the upcoming meeting. Most likely, the upcoming match will end in three sets.
Korda started the tournament with a convincing win over Jaume Munar (6-4, 6-1). In the second set, Jaume could only take one game.
At the end of September, Sebastian was not very successful in Tel Aviv. After beating Cem Ilkel (6-4, 6-4), Sebastian lost to compatriot Maxim Cressy (6-4, 6-4).
At the Metz tournament, Korda reached the quarterfinals. He was stopped by Lorenzo Sonego (4-6, 4-6). Before that, he defeated Lorenzo Musetti (6-3, 7-6) and Hugo Gaston (6-3, 7-6).
Korda has won four of his six indoor matches this year.
In all six of Korda’s indoor matches, less than 22.5 games have been played.
Bautista-Agut was one of the competitors at last week’s tournament in Astana. He defeated Felix Auger Aliassime (6-4, 7-6) in his first match, with just two sets to beat Felix.
In the second round, Roberto confidently dealt with Pavel Kotov (6-1, 7-6), while the meeting with another Russian turned into a real test for him.
In the quarter-finals, Bautista Agut lost to Daniil Medvedev (1-6, 1-6). Simply no chance. Although before that, Roberto had four wins in five matches against the former world #1.
Bautista Agut has won four of his last five matches in Spain.
In 4 of the last 5 Bautista-Agut’s 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 1.97.
Korda has played two tie-breaks in his last five games. We offer to bet on “Tie-Break – Yes” with odds of 2.36.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 7/10
Korda’s Rating – 47
Sebastian Korda Wins/Losses in 2022 – 27/19
Bautista Agut’s Rating – 22
Roberto Bautista Agut Wins/Losses in 2022 – 36/15
Korda leads with a score of 1-0 in the head-to-head encounters. The only time they met was at the Halle Open in 2021. In that match, Korda defeated Bautista Agut (6-4, 7-6) in two sets.
The match will be played at Center Court, Palacio de Deportes de Gijón, Gijon, Spain.
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