World No. 11 Pablo Carreño-Busta will face world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev in the quarterfinals of the Olympic tennis tournament. The men have played against each other four times, +3-1 in favor of the Russian.
Pablo Carreño-Busta form
Just before the Tokyo Olympics, Pablo Carreño-Busta got a victory at the Hamburg clay-court tournament. The Spaniard did not lose a single set in Germany, which shows that Pablo is in great shape. On the other hand, in Hamburg, Carreño-Busta didn't have such strong opponents as Daniil Medvedev.
At the Olympics, Pablo has already lost one set in the second round to Marin Čilić. The Spaniard was held scoreless against Sandgren and Koepfer. Koepfer was Carreño-Busta's opponent in the 1/8 final, the German is the 59th in the ATP rankings. Despite his not-so-high status, Dominik gave Pablo enough trouble. The match lasted an hour and 56 minutes, and the opponents played a tie-break in the first set.
Daniil Medvedev form
After the match against Fognini, Medvedev had an incident with a Chilean journalist, which was discussed by every Tom, Dick, and Harry. That's no big deal, and we hope that the Russian No. 1 will go through this situation, forgetting about it in a minute. We don't want this situation to influence Daniil, first of all, his morale.
Before defeating Fabio, Medvedev had eliminated Bublik and Nagal. The match against Fognini lasted 2 hours and 26 minutes. Even though the men had to play three sets, the game was not physically difficult for the Russian. Fabio managed to win only two games in the third set. If Medvedev plays as great against Carreño-Busta, we doubt the Spaniard has much of a chance.
We try to do everything we can to make people love tennis. In Russia, two years ago, the stands at Andrey Rublev's match were full and five years before that there were hardly any people. Yesterday I watched the 100-meter backstroke, where our athletes won gold and silver. I watch, cheer, and hope there will be as much gold as possible
Daniil Medvedev
Expert betting tips
Just recently, a month ago, Pablo and Daniil played at the Mallorca grass tournament, where the Russian won. Daniil proved to be stronger than his opponent, winning with a score of 2-1. We believe that Medvedev will be stronger than Pablo this time as well. But we won't be surprised if the Spaniard causes problems for the Russian or maybe, wins the match. Here are our bets for the upcoming match: W2 + H(-3.5) for 1.74, TO (21.5) for 1.83, Daniil Medvedev to win a set for 1.118.