Tennis Tips - July 31 - August 6

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L Van Assche to beat A Molcan 1.80, William Hill (NAP)
Have been impressed with the improvements in Van Assche over the past 12 months and I think he will be too good for Molcan. These two players are in opposite trajectories of their careers. Molcan has lost his last 4 matches and will be up against a player who has been steadily rising over recent months and his game should match up well here. With Molcan being a lefty it will go up against the good backhand of Van Assche and Molcan also doesn’t have the power to outhit him. I think Van Assche should be a shorter price than he is based on form this season.

H Medjedovic to beat S Baez 2.0, William Hill (NB)
The conditions in Kitzbuhel should really suit the Medjedovic game as outlined by his dominating performances in qualifying. He also performed very well in similar high altitude conditions in Gastad where he reached the semi finals losing to eventual champion Cachin. His powerful game and big serve will win him a lot of free points in this one. He plays Baez who has been pretty poor recently losing 6 out of his last 7 matches, 4 of which were on his preferred clay surface. He did play better against Ruud last time out but you would have slight question marks over this due to the poor performance level of Ruud during Hamburg. This is likely to be close but given the faster clay conditions here and with Medjedovic having the bigger game and better serve I give him the nod in this match up.

F Misolic -2.5 Games v G Andreozzi 1.92, Unibet
I backed Andreozzi yesterday but I will go against him this time around. Misolic loves the conditions in his home tournament having made the finals here last year. Andreozzi is a declining player with his best years behind him and is now also ranked 240.

Double:
H Medjedovic & D Galan 5+ Aces each 2.42, Bet365
Both players have good serves and with the conditions in Kitzbuhel this should have a very good chance. I would be shocked if Medjedovic doesn’t get closer to 10 aces and Galan has been hitting decent numbers recently even on much slower clay courts. Last week in Hamburg for example he hit 7 aces in losing in straight sets.

Long shot:
H Medjedovic 10+ aces v S Baez 5.0, Bet365
In 2 qualifying matches H Medjedovic hit a massive 36 aces. These faster clay conditions clearly suit his game and with the way he serves this should have a good chance especially if the match is relatively close.