In the 1/16 challenger finals in Poland, Ukrainian tennis player Ilya Marchenko will play against Erga Kirkin from Turkey.
Ergi Kirkin
The 23-year-old representative of Turkey last played in mid-July in qualifying for the clay challenger in Italy. Kirkin lost to Mikael Vrbenski from the Czech Republic in three sets in the semifinals of qualifying – 6:4; 4:6; 3:6.
Ilya Marchenko
The 34-year-old representative of Ukraine, in turn, has also not played for a couple of weeks. The last time Marchenko played challenger was in Spain. In Segovia on hard, Ilya reached the 1/8 finals, where he unexpectedly lost in three sets to Benjamin Lock from Zimbabwe – 6:7 (6:8); 6:2; 3:6.
Ilya Marchenko and Ergi Kirkin played together on the eleventh of May at the challenger in Shymkent. In Kazakhstan on the ground Kirkin won a strong-willed victory in three sets – 5:7; 6;1; 6:3.
Forecast
Ilya Marchenko is considered a favorite among bookmakers on hard, which is quite fair. On this surface, an experienced Ukrainian tennis player performs stronger than a modest Kirkin, and therefore here we also offer you to bet on Marchenko.