In the 1/8 finals of the clay challenger in Romania, Russian tennis player Ivan Gakhov will play against Giovanni Fonio from Italy.
Giovanni FonioThe 24-year-old representative of Italy has been very confident in this tournament since qualifying and has not lost a single set so far.
In the semi–finals of the qualification, Fonio confidently beat Vlad Danza from Romania - 6:2; 6:3. In the qualifying final, Giovanni also very confidently coped with Eric Vanshelboim from Ukraine – 6:3; 6:1. And yesterday, on 1/16 of the finals, Fonio beat Dragos Madaras from Sweden in two sets – 6:1; 6:4. In the first set, Giovanni played very confidently and took the game with two breaks. In the second set, both tennis players worked competently on their serves almost to the very end. At the same time, Fonio had a chance to make a break with a score of 2:2 in games, but Giovanni could not finish the job with a score of 40:15 in his favor. However, with the score 4:4 on games, Fonio still made a break, and then Giovanni competently served for the match. As a result, the tennis players spent one hour and fifteen minutes on the court.
Ivan GakhovThe 25-year-old Russian tennis player also performs quite confidently at the challenger in Romania since qualifying.
In the semifinals, Gakhov defeated Rada-Florin Macovea from Romania - 6:1; 6:2. And in the qualifying final Ivan very confidently beat another representative of Romania Stefan Palosi – 6:3; 6:2. And yesterday in the 1/16 finals Gakhov made a sensation and in three sets won a strong-willed victory over Thiago-Agustin Tirante from Argentina – 6:7 (5:7); 7:5; 6:1. At the same time, Ivan made a break very quickly at the start of the match, but he failed to finish the set, with the score 5:4, Gakhov faltered and allowed the Tyrant to recoup. As a result, it came to a tie-break, where the Argentine turned out to be a little stronger. In the second set, both tennis players have already begun to play less stably. In the middle of the game, the tennis players exchanged breaks, but then Tirante made a second break in a row. Thiago-Agustin reached the pitch for the match, but then the Argentine faltered and allowed Gakhov to win back. And then Ivan was able to make a second break in a row (the third in a set) and win the game. In the decisive set, Gakhov already began to dominate the map, Ivan made three breaks in a row and at the same time he gave one game to his opponent on his serve. As a result, the tennis players spent two hours and twenty minutes on the court.
Also yesterday Ivan Gakhov played a doubles match on this challenger. Together with his compatriot Bogdan Bobrov , Gakhov lost to Luka Margaroli from Switzerland and Ramkumar Ramanathan from India in the 1/8 finals in three sets – 7:6 (9:7); 4:6; 8:10. The tennis players spent one hour and forty minutes on the court.
ForecastIn this match, Giovanni Fonio is considered by the bookmakers to be a pretty clear favorite.
At the same time, both tennis players are in approximately the same shape, and Gakhov is not inferior to the Italian in the class. We suggest you take a chance and bet on a Russian tennis player.
