In the 1/16 challenger finals in Chicago, Alexander Kovacevich from the USA will play against Emilio Gomez from Ecuador.
Emilio Gomez
The 30-year-old representative of Ecuador approached this challenger in good shape. Gomez played well at the challenger in Lexington last week. At that challenger in the USA on hard, Gomez reached the final, where he lost in two sets to Juncheng Shang from China – 4:6; 4:6.
Alexander Kovachevich
The 23-year-old US representative, in turn, also played at the challenger in Lexington last week. Kovacevich did not play so well, but all because in the semifinals of the home tournament, Alexander just hit the net on Juncheng Shang. In this match Kovacevich imposed a good fight, but still lost in three sets – 6:3; 6:7 (5:7); 4:6.
Alexander Kovacevich and Emilio Gomez played twice between themselves, the matches were in 2019 and 2021. Both meetings were left to the tennis player from Ecuador.
Forecast
In this match, Alexander Kovachevich is considered a small favorite among bookmakers. Nevertheless, we see that both tennis players are in approximately the same shape and a good fight may well turn out here. We suggest that you bet more than 21.5 games on the total.