![]() ![]() In short, there’s lots stacking in Ymer’s favor here and a straight-sets win at -140 beckons. Last week he kept his eye in with a quarter-final run in Vancouver at Challenger level.Ĭoria will be playing on hardcourts for the first time since Miami in March and he’s likely to find the courts a bit too quick here.Įven on his favored clay, results haven’t been great he’s only won back-to-back matches at tour level once since early April. ![]() He was the beaten finalist at this tournament 12 months ago so clearly likes the conditions, while the recent form is good too – he beat Andy Murray, Aslan Karatsev, Emil Ruusuvuori and Seb Korda en route to the semi-finals in Washington earlier this month. I’m never that keen on the set betting market but Ymer really should be a comfortable winner of this one. Gojowczyk is +235 to land the victory but with the potential for Lehecka to play himself into the match, I’m going to go for the German to win the first set at +176. There’s every chance he’s rushed, particularly early on. This will actually be the young Czech’s first hardcourt match since February and probably the fastest conditions he’s played in since the Australian Open in January. Yes, last time out he won a Challenger Tour title but that was on the European clay – he’ll find conditions much faster here. There’s no doubt this wager is a little risky but a big part of my decision to side with Gojowczyk is his opponent’s (relative) lack of preparation. He’s long been a player who’s delivered his best tennis on the faster conditions and the Laykold surface in Winston-Salem, combined with a forecast temperature of 28C, should allow him to play his attacking, push-forward game.Īdmittedly it’s been a poor season for the German but he did show some decent signs in Atlanta recently where he beat both Steve Johnson and Ernesto Escobedo before losing to Adrian Mannarino in a match that featured just a single break of serve. Still, attack it we will and one outsider who has potential is Gojowczyk. Due to the Sunday start at the Winston-Salem Open, there’s a limited first-round coupon for this week’s column to go at.
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