Flavio Cobolli vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Vienna

Prediction published on 20/10/2024, 15:00  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 21/10/2024 at 09:51 in Tennis Predictions

Two unseeded players face each other in the first round of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna. Flavio Cobilli is up against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in this indoor hard court tournament. Read our match prediction.

Flavio Cobolli is 31st in the live rankings (one below his career-high) and has lost two of his last three matches. However, those losses did come at the hands of Daniil Medvedev and Novak Djokovic so this is a little bit easier.

The Italian did reach the quarter-finals in Beijing and in July, he was the runner-up in the Washington outdoor hard court tournament. On his way to that final, he beat Fokina in three sets (with two tie-breaks) making it 1-1 in previous meetings.

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina is down at 62nd in the live list. The Spaniard lost in round two of last week's Stockholm Open, being beaten by Stan Wawrinka in three sets. He's not won two matches in the main draw of an ATP tournament since August.

He hasn't reached an ATP Tour hard court semi-final this year but he's never an easy player to defeat. Each of his last five matches have seen a set that has gone to either 7-5 or a tie-break. We go for over 22.5 games to be played in this match.