Tennis forecast: Alexey Popyrin - Henri Laaksonen

In the semi-finals of the challenger in France, Alexey Popyrin from Australia will play against Henri Laaksonen from Switzerland.

Alexey PopyrinThe 23-year-old representative of Australia continues to perform confidently at the tournament in France, but yesterday Popyrin met with the first rather serious opponent.

In the quarterfinals of the tournament , Alexey won a strong - willed victory over Frenchman Arthur Fils in three sets – 5:7; 7:4; 6:4. In the first set, both tennis players worked competently on their serves and could well have reached a tie-break, but with the score 5:6 in favor of Fils, Popyrin still faltered and lost a game on his serve. In the second set, Fils and Popyrin also worked a little competently on their serves, and from the score 2:2 on games, Arthur and Alexey exchanged breaks. Then the tennis players again worked a little competently on their serves and the set again became protracted. However, with the score 5:5, Popyrin already made a break himself, and then Alexey competently served for a set and equalized the match. In the decisive game, the representative of Australia quickly made a break and settled for a score of 3:1 in games. Then Popyrin calmly reached the pitch for the match, where Alexey had some problems, but still he was able to close the match in his favor. The tennis players spent two hours and thirty-five minutes on the court.

Henri LaaksonenThe 30-year-old representative of Switzerland, in turn, reached the semifinals at this tournament on a slightly more complex grid.

At the tournament in France, Laaksonen started on the seventh. In the 1/16 finals , Henri won a strong - willed victory over his compatriot Antoine Underwear in three sets – 3:6; 7:5; 7:5. Then in the 1/8 finals Laaksonen won a strong - willed victory over the Spaniard Fernando Verdasco in three sets – 1:6; 6:3; 2:1 and the subsequent rejection of Verdasco from- for injuries. And yesterday, in his quarterfinal match, Henry made a sensation and beat Frenchman Luca van Asch in two sets – 7:6 (7:5); 6:4. In the first set, both tennis players worked competently on their serves, eventually it came to a tie-break, where Laaksonen played a little more stable and took the set. In the second game, both tennis players also worked quite competently on their serves, but it didn't last that long. With the score 4:3 in favor of Henry, both tennis players exchanged breaks, and immediately after that, the Swiss representative made a second consecutive break and thereby closed the match in his favor. The tennis players spent one hour and twenty-five minutes on the court.

ForecastIn this match, Alexey Popyrin is considered by the bookmakers to be a fairly clear favorite.

However, Laaksonen is quite capable of imposing at least a good fight on an opponent from Australia. We suggest that you bet more than 22.5 games on the total.