In the 1/8 finals of the challenger in Poland, Ukrainian tennis player Ilya Marchenko will play against Zhang Zhizheng from China.
Ilya Marchenko
The 34-year-old representative of Ukraine started the challenger in Poland yesterday. In the 1/16 finals, Marchenko met our expectations and beat Ergi Kirkin from Turkey in two sets – 7:6 (7:1); 6:3. The tennis players spent one hour and fifty-five minutes on the court.
Zhang Zhizheng
The 25-year-old representative of China, in turn, started the challenger in Poland on the fifteenth of August. Zhang did not have the best match in the 1/16 finals, but he managed to win a strong-willed victory over Maxime Janvier from France in three sets – 4:6; 6:3; 6:4. The tennis players spent one hour and fifty-five minutes on the court.
Forecast
In this match, Zhang Zhizheng is considered by the bookmakers to be the undisputed favorite, which is quite fair. The Chinese tennis player is progressing very much this year, and therefore it will be very difficult for Marchenko here. However, due to his experience on hard, Ilya is able to impose a relatively good fight, and therefore we suggest that you put more than 20.5 games on the total.