Tallon Griekspoor and Carlos Alcaraz Garfia will play against each other in the second round of Wimbledon. The game will start on June 29 at 16:30 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (-5) for Alcaraz – 1.94.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Under 38.5 – 1.80.
Against Struff, Alcaraz Garfia needed five sets. It is not likely that something similar will happen in the match against Griekspoor.
Griekspoor played well in his first match of the tournament. Against Fognini, he racked up 14 aces and won 84% of balls on the first serve. With such a performance, Tallon has a good chance of resisting the favourite. However, it is not likely for him to win a set.
Griekspoor managed to win his first career match at the Wimbledon main draw level.
On Monday, he got a hard-fought victory over Fabio Fognini (5-7, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4). Fabio was good in the first two sets but played noticeably worse later on.
Griekspoor had a good preparation for Wimbledon. Tallon played tournaments in Hertogenbosch, Halle and Mallorca and got through at least one round.
In Hertogenbosch, for example, Griekspoor had a great match against Felix Auger Aliassime (6-7, 6-7), despite the defeat. Felix took both sets on a tie-break.
Griekspoor has won four of his last five matches in the UK.
Alcaraz, meanwhile, is playing only the second grass tournament of his career. A year ago, Carlos made it through the first round of Wimbledon before losing to Daniil Medvedev (4-6, 1-6, 2-6).
This time around, Carlos could well drop out after his first match. On Monday, he had an incredibly difficult match against Jan-Lennard Struff (4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4).
As expected, Struff was a serious obstacle for the main talent of the new generation. Alcaraz was losing 1-2 in sets, only taking the fourth set on a tie-break.
All in all, it was a test that lasted just over four hours.
Interestingly, Alcaraz won the fifth of six five-set matches. In terms of stamina, he is certainly one of the best on the tour.
Alcaraz has won five of the last six Grand Slam meetings.
In 3 of Alcaraz’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 the odds of 1.63.
Type of Court – Grass
Speed of Court – 7/10
Griekspoor’s Rating – 53
Tallon Griekspoor Wins/Losses in 2022 – 17/14
Alcaraz’s Rating – 7
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia Wins/Losses in 2022 – 33/6
The score in the head-to-head encounters is 1-1. Both meetings were played in 2021.
The match will be played at Court 2, Church Road, London, England, United Kingdom.
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