Tennis forecast: Alexey Krutykh - Luca van Asch

In the final of the clay challenger in Valencia, Ukrainian tennis player Alexey Krutykh will play against Frenchman Luca van Asch.

Luca van AschThe 18-year-old representative of France is in very good shape, but on the way to the final he was lucky with opponents who were not quite ready for the match a couple of times.

Van Asch started at the tournament in Spain on November 21. In the 1/16 finals, Luca beat Andrea Collarini from Argentina in two sets – 6:2; 2:0 and Collarini's subsequent refusal due to injury. In the 1/8 finals, van Asch made a sensation in a similar way and passed Spaniard Roberto Carballes-Baena – 6:2; 1:1 and the subsequent refusal of Roberto due to injury. And in the quarterfinals of challenger Luke finally played a full match and beat Spaniard Javier-Cosano Barranco in two sets – 6:1; 7:6 (7:4). And yesterday, in the semifinals of the tournament, van Asch beat another representative of Spain, Pablo Yamas-Ruiz, in three sets – 4:6; 6:4; 6:2. In the first set, both tennis players played quite unstable and as a result, van Asch and Yamasa-Ruiz exchanged breaks twice in a row from the score 1:1. Next, Luca and Pablo each played correctly on their serve, and with the score 4:5 in favor of the Spaniard, Luca again lost the game on his serve and eventually lost the set. At the start of the second set, the tennis players exchanged breaks again, and after that they worked a little competently on their serves. With the score 3:3, van Asch made the second break in the set, then the Frenchman reached the serve for the set, where Luke had a lot of problems, but still he took the game and equalized the score in the match. And already in the decisive set, van Asch made two consecutive breaks and eventually reached the score 4:0 in games. Next, Luke was already calmly working on his serve and eventually took the game. The tennis players spent two hours and twenty-five minutes on the court.

Alexey KrutykhThe 22-year-old representative of Ukraine, in turn, continues to make sensations at the tournament in Valencia.

Yesterday , in the semifinals of the challenger , Krutykh won a strong - willed victory over Nikola Milojevic from Serbia in three sets – 3:6; 6:3; 7:5. At the start of the match, the tennis players immediately exchanged breaks, but Krutykh immediately lost the second consecutive game on his serve. As a result, Alexey settled for a score of 1:4 in games. Milojevic quite calmly reached the serve for the set, where Alexey tried to pull the game, but still the Serb took the game. At the start of the second set, Krutykh added quite a lot and immediately made two consecutive breaks, which allowed him to reach the score of 4:0. Immediately after that, Alexey lost the game on his serve, but the Ukrainian did not allow himself any more blunders, which allowed him to even the score in the match. At the very beginning of the second set, Krutykh made another break and reached the score 2:0 in games. However, by the middle of the game Milojevich was able to recoup and reach the score 2:2. Then the tennis players worked quite competently on their serves, the set turned out to be protracted, but with the score 5:5 Cool eventually made another coveted break, and after that Alexey competently served for the match. The tennis players spent two and a half hours on the court.

Also yesterday, Alexey Krutykh, together with Spaniard Oriol Roca-Batalia, was able to win the doubles tournament at the challenger in Valencia. In two sets, Krutykh and Rock-Battalya made a sensation and beat the Serbs Ivan and Matei Shabanov – 6:3; 7:6 (7:3). The tennis players spent one hour and twenty-five minutes on the court.

Alexey Krutykh and Luca van Asch played together on the fourth of July in qualifying for the challenger in Braunschweig. Then in Germany, the Ukrainian tennis player was stronger in three sets – 4:6; 7:5; 6:1.

ForecastIn this match, Luca van Asch is considered by bookmakers to be an almost unconditional favorite.

However, given the shape of the Cool Ones, the Frenchman is unlikely to get a simple match here, we suggest you bet more than 20.5 games on the total.