Alexey Vatutin - Hugo Gaston: forecast and bet on the ATP-250 tournament in Antwerp

In the 1/16 finals of the ATP-250 tournament in Antwerp, Russian tennis player Alexei Vatutin will play against Frenchman Hugo Gaston.

Hugo Gaston

The 24-year-old representative of France is currently in weak form and has already lost seven matches in a row. Two weeks ago, Gaston failed at the Shanghai Masters. In China, Hugo already lost in 1/64 finals in two sets to Jaume Munar from Spain – 3:6; 3:6. This game was on the third of October.

After a series of disastrous matches, Hugo Gaston is ranked 77th in the ATP rankings.

Alexey Vatutin

The 31-year-old Russian tennis player, in turn, made his way into the main draw of the tournament through qualification. Yesterday, in the qualifying final, Vatutin met our expectations and beat Frenchman Manuel Ginard in three sets – 6:4; 3:6; 7:5. In the first set, from the score of 1:2 in games, Alexey made two consecutive breaks and came out on the score of 5:2. Next, Vatutin lost a game on his serve and could not immediately close the game in his favor, however, on the second attempt, the Russian tennis player nevertheless gathered himself and closed the set. Alexey has already failed the beginning of the second set, he lost a game twice in a row on his serve and settled for a score of 0:4 in games. Next, Vatutin made one break, and already with the score 1:4 in games, the Russian tennis player saved the game on his serve from the score 0:40. Then, with the score 3:5 in games, Vatutin could have made a second break, but this time Alexey missed the advantage in the game on the opponent's serve from the score of 40:15 and eventually lost the set. In the decisive set, Vatutin and Ginar initially worked competently on their serves. In the middle of the game, with the score 4:4 in games, Alexey lost a game on his serve and as a result almost lost the match. However, at the most important moment, the Russian tennis player gathered himself and in response made two consecutive breaks, which allowed him to close a difficult match in his favor. The tennis players spent one hour and fifty minutes on the court.

Alexey Vatutin and Hugo Gaston played against each other on May 22, 2019 in qualifying at Roland Garros. Then Vatutin turned out to be stronger on the ground in two sets – 6:1; 6:3.

Forecast

Hugo Gaston is considered by bookmakers to be an extremely clear favorite in this match. However, given that the Frenchman is now in search of his game, and Vatutin performed well in qualifying, there may well be a stubborn struggle.