Tennis/ French Open 2017
/ Sunday 28 May 2017 - 09:30
Ivo Karlovic -1.5 (Set Handicap,Whole Match) @ 2.25
10/10
Odd: 2.25
Karlovic versus Tsitsipas
Before you read my preview you should know that all of my previews are based on statistics, news, earlier results, the form of the day and whatā€™s on stake. All these components make a good preview in my opinion. Good luck.
Finally, Rolland Garros. Actually I have been waiting for this!
An interesting game in my eyes is Karlovic versus Tsitsipas. Karlovic is one of my favourite players and one reason is his stunning serve. For a long time the record of fastest service was on his name. Karlovic is more of a grass player, this is where he gets his best results. His results on clay have not been that good for a while but he did get two pretty good wins lately against Bautista-Agut and Dzumhur, who are not bad players at all.
Karlovic have had the time to prepare for Roland Garros since his last match he played at 10/05 which is more than two weeks a go so he should be fully prepared. He have never faced Tsitsipas before on any surface till this meeting. Last year Karlovic reached to round 3 in RG and I do see him reach at least second round here. In 2016 Karlovic lost only one big tournament in the first round. Tsitsipas should not be dangerous to him in my opinion.
Tsitsipas is in better form than Karlovic on clay with 4 wins in the last 5 but all against lower ranked players than Karlovic. The only player who is higher ranked and got beaten by Tsitsipas lately is Vesely. He got beaten with 1:2 with a tiebreak in the last set.
Tsitsipas will have a hard job breaking Karlovic as Karlovic his right handed serve will be deadly if he serves it well on the left of Tsitsipas as he is a right-handed player as well. I do not think that Tsitsipas will have an answer to this.
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