Don’t miss our top tennis play for this Friday’s action in Bastad with Karen Khachanov and Alexandr Dolgopolov fighting for a place in the semi-finals. Bookmakers Review breaks down the fixture below and lists the best available odds from green listed bookmakers.
Khachanov vs. Dolgopolov
Known as one of the most talented players on the ATP World Tour, Alexandr Dolgopolov is always a dangerous opponent. Despite his recent physical problems, the 28-year-old Ukrainian seems fully recovered from the ankle injury that forced him to retire in Wimbledon. Looking now at Dolgopolov’s campaign on this event, the former world no.13 reaches this stage of the competition after two straight sets victories against Leonardo Mayer and Horacio Zeballos.
Regardless of this Friday’s outcome, Karen Khachanov already secured his career-high ranking next week. The 21-year-old Russian is going through the best moment in his career with an outstanding 66.67% winning record since the start of the clay-court season. Nevertheless, Khachanov was far from impressive on his debut in Bastad with Ernest Gulbis unable to convert two match points on that match.
This will be the 2nd career meeting between these two players with Dolgopolov winning their previous encounter at the 2016 Barcelona Open by 6 – 4 7 – 5.
In addition to Alexandr’s lead on the h2h, the Ukrainian is back to an incredible level this week. On the other hand, it won’t be easy for Khachanov to extend his streak after playing so much tennis in recent months. With this in mind, the value is definitely on Dolgopolov’s side with Pinnacle offering 21/20 for his victory while Khachanov is available at 83/100 at BetVictor.
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