Milyan Zekic - Timofey Skatov: forecast and bet on the tournament in Girona

Timofey Skatov from Kazakhstan will play against Milyan Zekic from Serbia in the 1/8 finals of the clay challenger in Girona.

Miljan ZekicThe 34-year-old representative of Serbia started the tournament in Spain the day before yesterday.

In the 1/16 finals, Zekic made a sensation and won a strong-willed victory over Spaniard Pablo Andujar in three sets – 4:6; 6:2; 7:5. At the very beginning of the match, the tennis players exchanged breaks, but from the score of 2:2 on games, Zekic lost a game on his serve for the second time in a row and as a result Milyan began to lose with a score of 2:4. At the end of the set with the score 3:5, Zekic almost lost the game again on his serve, but this time the Serb showed character and pulled the game from the score 15:40. After that, Andujar, not without difficulty, but still served for a set. In the second set, Zekic immediately made two consecutive breaks and went 4-0 on games. Immediately after that, Milyan lost one game on his serve, but already with the score 5:2, Zekic made the third break for the set and thus the Serb calmly closed the game in his favor. At the very beginning of the decisive set, Zekic could have made another break, but this time Milyan could not put the squeeze on the opponent from the score of 40:15. After that, both tennis players worked competently on their serves, which eventually made the set protracted, but with the score 6:5 in games, Zekic still made the coveted break and thereby Milyan closed the match in his favor. The tennis players spent two and a half hours on the court.

Timofey SkatovThe 22-year-old representative of Kazakhstan, in turn, started at the tournament in Girona yesterday.

In the 1/16 finals, Skatov played a much more confident match, Timofey beat Frenchman Laurent Locoli in two sets – 6:3; 6:2. At the very beginning of the match, Skatov made a break and went out to score 2:0 in games. In the middle of the set, Skatov and Lokoli exchanged breaks from the score 3:2, but after that Timofey immediately made a second break in a row and thus the representative of Kazakhstan confidently closed the set in his favor. At the very beginning of the second set, Skatov made a second break in a row and went out to score 5-0 on games. With the score 5:1, Timofey lost the game on his serve when serving for the match, but in response, the representative of Kazakhstan made another break and confidently closed the match in his favor. The tennis players spent one hour and twenty minutes on the court.

Timofey Skatov and Milyan Zekic last played against each other on January 26, 2020 in the final of the ITF clay tournament in Antel. Then the representative of Kazakhstan made a sensation and won in three sets – 6:3; 4:6; 6:3.

ForecastIn this match, Timofey Skatov is considered by bookmakers to be an extremely clear favorite.

However, the Serb arrived in Girona in pretty good shape, and therefore a rather protracted match should turn out here. We suggest that you bet more than 20.5 games on the total.