In the semifinals of the tournament in Antalya, Ukrainian tennis player Oleg Prikhodko will play against Giovanni Fonio from Italy.
Giovanni Fonio
The 23-year-old representative of Italy performs very well in Antalya and has already beaten several strong rivals on the way to the semifinals. In the 1/16 finals, Fonio easily defeated Jakub Paul from Switzerland - 6:1; 6:0. In the 1/8 finals, Giovanni has already made his first full-fledged sensation and in three sets won a strong-willed victory over Ryan Peniston from Great Britain – 1:6; 6:4; 6:4. And yesterday, in the quarterfinals, Fonio made another sensation and beat the representative of the Dominican Republic Nick Hardt in two sets – 7:6 (7:0); 6:2.
Oleg Prikhodko
The 24-year-old representative of Ukraine at the Antalya tournament also performs well, but at the same time he turned out to be a lucky loser in the main draw. In the semi-finals of the qualification , Prikhodko won a strong - willed victory over Mick Veldheer from the Netherlands – 1:6; 6:3; 6:2. In the qualifying final Oleg lost to Romanian Cesar Kretz - 2:6; 4:6. In the 1/16 finals, Prikhodko beat Ricardo Bonadio from Italy in a hard fight in two sets – 7:6 (17:15); 6:4. In the 1/8 finals, a confident victory over Lee Dak-hee from South Korea followed - 6:3; 6:3. And yesterday in the quarterfinals Prikhodko made the biggest sensation for himself at the tournament in Antalya so far. Oleg defeated Kem Ilkel from Turkey in three sets – 6:3; 3:6; 6:2.
Forecast
Both tennis players perform extremely well for themselves, no one was waiting for them in the semifinals, and now each of them can get to the final. Bookmakers consider Fonio to be the favorite in this confrontation, yet the Italian is several hundred positions higher in the ATP ranking, but this does not mean anything at this tournament. There must surely be a hard struggle here, and therefore we propose to put more than 20.5 games on the total.