Venue: Uniprix Stadium Montreal
Round of 32
Surface: Hard
11.08.2022, 01:30
Sixth seed Felix-Auger Aliassime will take on Yoshihito Nishioka in the second round of the Canadian Open on Wednesday at the Uniprix Stadium in Montreal at 01:30 (Moscow time). Let’s learn everything about the match and predictions.
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Nishioka has won 11 of he 22 games thus far this season, and he most memorably made it to the Citi Open final last week. The Japanese defeated Jenson Brooksby, Alex de Minaur, Karen Khachanov, and Dan Evans to get to the ATP 500 tournament's semifinal round.
He then upset first seed Andrey Rublev to set up a matchup with Nick Kyrgios in the championship match. To win the competition, the Australian defeated him 6-4, 6-3. Nishioka improved 42 spots to number 54 in the ATP rankings because to his performance in Washington.
The 26-year-old defeated Benoit Paire 6-2, 6-3 to go to the Canadian Open second round.
Felix Auger Aliassime
The Canadian won the Rotterdam Open by defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final. This season, he has won 32 of 50 matches. In addition to making it all the way to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, Madrid Open, and Italian Open, Auger-Aliassime helped Canada win the ATP Cup.
The World No. 9 joined the Los Cabos Open as the second seed after an early exit at the Hall of Fame Open in Newport. He defeated Steve Johnson 6-4, 7-6 and Juan Hernandez Serrano 6-3, 7-5 to go to the competition semifinals (3). The Canadian lost against Cameron Norrie 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the championship match.
Expert Betting Tips
Although the Japanese striker isn't the largest on the tour, his quickness and agility more than make up for it. Nishioka is also more than capable of engaging opponents head-to-head from the baseline and possesses a deceptively excellent serve.
In the Citi Open final, Kyrgios' sheer power defeated Nishioka, and the same thing may happen here.
- Total Under 22 for 1.84
- Handicap Yoshihito Nishioka (+3.5) for 2.03
- Individual Total 1 Under 10.5 for 1.82
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