Mark Lyall - Beybit Zhukaev: forecast and bet on the tournament in the USA

In the final of the challenger in Little Rock, Beibit Zhukaev from Kazakhstan will play against Mark Layal from Estonia.

Mark Lyall

The 20-year-old representative of Estonia shows quite high-quality tennis at the tournament in the USA. Lyall started in Little Rock on the night of May 29-30, in the 1/16 finals of Mark in two sets, but in a hard fight beat Mitchell Krueger from the USA – 6:2; 7:6 (7:3). 31 May in the 1/8 finals, Layal beat Wu Tong-Lin in two sets from Taiwan – 7:5; 6:3. On the second of June in the quarterfinals, Mark beat Aziz Dugaz from Tunisia in two sets – 7:6 (7:5); 6:2. And yesterday in the semifinals of the tournament, Layal won a strong–willed victory over Antoine Escoffier from France in three sets - 4:6; 6:3; 6:2. Mark failed the start of the match and lost two consecutive games on his serve, as a result, the Estonian began to concede with a score of 0:3 in games. Immediately after that, Lyall added and made two consecutive breaks himself, as a result, he came out on a score of 4:4 in games. And after that, Mark again lost the game on his serve, and then the Frenchman, not without difficulty, but served for a set. At the very beginning of the second set, Lyall lost a game on his serve and settled for 0:2 on games. Soon, Mark made a breakthrough from the score 1:2 in games and due to two consecutive breaks, the Estonian led with a score of 5:2. After that, Layal calmly took the set and equalized the score in the match. At the very beginning of the decisive set, Lyall made two consecutive breaks and led 3-0 in games. Immediately after that, Mark lost the game on his serve. Soon, the Estonian almost lost a game on his serve for the second time in a row, but this time Layal pulled the game from the score at 15:40. Immediately after that, Mark made the third break, and then Layal calmly served for the match. The tennis players spent two hours on the court.

Beibit Zhukaev

The 22-year-old representative of Kazakhstan is also holding a very good tournament in the USA and is ready to fight for the title. Yesterday, in the semifinals of the tournament, Zhukaev, as expected, had a difficult match, but in three sets, Baby was able to beat Adam Walton from Australia – 6:7 (6:8); 6:4; 7:6 (7:4). In the first set, the tennis players initially worked competently on their serves, and when the score was 4:3 in games, Zhukaev could have made a break, but Beibit missed the advantage in the game on the opponent's serve from the score of 40:15. The set eventually turned out to be protracted, with the score 5:5 in terms of games, Zhukaev himself almost lost a game on his serve, but the representative of Kazakhstan also showed character and pulled the game from the account at 15:40. It eventually came to a tie-break, where at some point Zhukaev led 6-3, but Beibit could not put the squeeze on Walton and gave the set. In the second set, Zhukaev could immediately lose a game on his serve, but Beibit again saved the game from the score of 15:40. Soon, when the score was 2:2 in games, Zhukaev himself made a break and led with a score of 4:2 in games. After that, the representative of Kazakhstan easily brought the party to victory due to competent work on his pitch. In the decisive set, Zhukaev and Walton had already been working on their serves without mistakes throughout the game, as a result, it came to a tie-break, where Babit played a little more stable and closed the match in his favor. The tennis players spent two hours and fifty minutes on the court.

Beibit Zhukaev and Mark Lyall played against each other on October 23 last year in qualifying for the challenger in Brest. Then Zhukaev was stronger on hard in two sets – 6:4; 7:6 (10:8).

Forecast

In this match, Mark Lyall is considered by the bookmakers to be an extremely clear favorite. However, Zhukaev is quite capable of taking the title in the USA if he shows a stable game. We suggest you take a chance and bet on a representative of Kazakhstan.