Tennis forecast: Ivan Gakhov - Adrian Andreev

In the 1/8 finals of the clay challenger in Valencia, Russian tennis player Ivan Gakhov will play against Adrian Andreev from Bulgaria.

Ivan GakhovThe 26-year-old Russian tennis player has been performing quite confidently at the tournament in Spain since qualifying.

In the semifinals of the selection, Gakhov confidently beat Spaniard Carlos Sanchez-Hover in two sets - 6:4; 6:2. In the final of the qualification, Gakhov beat his compatriot Andrey Chepelev in three sets – 6:4; 3:6; 7:6 (7:0). And the day before yesterday, in the 1/16 finals, Ivan won a strong-willed victory over Pedro Sousa from Portugal in three sets – 4:6; 6:2; 6:4. In the first set, both tennis players worked quite competently on their serves, but with the score 3:3 on games, Gakhov stumbled and lost a game on his serve. When Souza served for a set, Ivan had a chance to win back, but the Russian tennis player missed the advantage in the game with a score of 40:15. In the second set, Gakhov added and already with the score 2:1 in games, Ivan made an important break for himself, which allowed him to reach the score of 4:1. Then, with the score 5:2, Gakhov made another break and equalized the score in the match. In the third set, Gakhov and Souza exchanged breaks fairly quickly. Then the tennis players played a little competently on their serves, and with the score 5:4, Gakhov made another break and eventually won the match. The tennis players spent two hours and fifteen minutes on the court.

Adrian AndreevThe 21-year-old representative of Bulgaria, in turn, started at the tournament in Spain only the day before yesterday.

In the 1/16 finals, Andeev played far from the easiest match, but still in two sets Adrian beat Timofey Skatov from Kazakhstan – 6:4; 7:5. In the first set, both tennis players did not play very stable. Immediately after Skatov's submission, Adrian and Timofey exchanged breaks. Then Andreev competently played in the game on his serve and after that the Bulgarian made a second break in a row. Then Andreev again played on his serve without misfires, but then the tennis players exchanged breaks. After that, the Bulgarian has already quite calmly filed for a set. At the start of the second set, Andreev could have immediately made a break, but Adrian missed the advantage in the game with a score of 40:15. At the score of 1:2, the tennis players exchanged breaks, and then the situation repeated at the score of 3:4. As a result, the set turned out to be protracted, with the score 5:5 Andreev made another break and after that Adrian, not without difficulty, but still served for the match. The tennis players spent one hour and fifty-five minutes on the court.

ForecastIn this match, Adrian Andreev is considered by the bookmakers to be a pretty clear favorite.

However, we see that the Bulgarian tennis player is playing quite unstable. It may well turn out to be a pretty stubborn struggle, and therefore we suggest that you put more than 20.5 games on the total.