Second seed Pablo Carreno Busta will play against Thiago Monteiro in the second round of the home tournament in Gijon. The game will start on October 12 at 16:30.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-4) for Carreno Busta – 1.56.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Under 22 – 1.65.
The only head-to-head encounter in this pairing was won by Carreno Busta. He will be favoured in the upcoming match. Especially since Monteiro is not at his best on an indoor hard court, where he’s only played two matches in his career.
Monteiro has a hard time with indoor matches. After all, the Brazilian is considered a clay player, he has little success on faster courts. So, we’ll see a convincing win for Carreno Busta.
Monteiro is playing on indoor hardcourt for the first time in his career. A week ago in Tel Aviv, Thiago lost to Pablo Andujar (6-7, 1-6).
In Gijon, however, Thiago got off to a winning start as he defeated Benjamin Bonzi (6-4, 7-5) in two sets in the first round. Monteiro played most of his matches this year on his favourite clay court, winning two tournaments. In the second half of the season, he secured wins at the Challengers in Salzburg and Genoa.
Monteiro has lost his last 11 matches as a clear outsider.
Carreno Busta did not quite make a good start to the autumn part of the season. At the Sofia tournament, Pablo couldn’t get past the first round, in which he lost to Marc-Andrea Huesler (3-6, 6-3, 2-6).
Overall, Pablo is having a good season. This year, he played in the home finals in Barcelona where he lost to Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (3-6, 2-6). He also won the Masters in Montreal, where he defeated Hubert Hurkacz (3-6, 6-3, 6-3) in the final.
Carreno Busta has won seven of his last ten matches against left-handers.
In 3 of Monteiro’s last 5 matches, more than 9.5 games have been played in the first set. However, Pablo is a very good player on the hard, so I think there is no chance for Thiago to take four games in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games – Under 9.5” with odds of 1.80.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 7/10
Monteiro’s Rating – 65
Thiago Monteiro Wins/Losses in 2022 – 40/30
Carreno Busta’s Rating – 15
Pablo Carreno Busta Wins/Losses in 2022 – 31/20
Carreno Busta leads with a score of 1-0 in the head-to-head encounters. The only time they met was at the Swedish Open in 2018. In that match, Carreno Busta defeated Monteiro in (6-4, 6-3) in two sets.
The match will be played at Center Court, Palacio de Deportes de Gijón, Gijon, Spain.
We recommend checking out the odds for the 2022 Gijon Open: Carreno Busta vs Monteiro at 1xBet.