Flavio Cobolli vs Dušan Lajović Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Umag Open

Prediction published on 23/07/2024, 11:07  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 23/07/2024 at 12:05 in Tennis Predictions

We'll have an unseeded player in the last eight of the Croatian Open. This second round match sees Flavio Cobolli take on Dusan Lajovic for a place in the quarter finals. Here's our look ahead and hopefully winning prediction of this match.

For the winner, their quarter final opponent  in this clay court tournament will be either second seed Lorenzo Musetti or the qualifier Marco Trungelliti. 

Flavio Cobolli is up to a career-high 46th in the live rankings. The 22-year-old has reached one semi-final on clay this week, that was in Geneva in late May. He had a successful grass court season with a quarter-final reached at Eastbourne.

He's back on clay now though and after this tournament he heads to Paris for the Olympic tournament. Last week, the Italian lost at this stage in Hamburg. He's made the last 16 here after beating the sixth seed Mariano Navone for the loss of just five games.

Dusan Lajovic is also playing at Roland Garros in the Olympic tennis tournament. The Serb was 53rd in the latest list and down a place in the live rankings. He was also in last week's Hamburg clay court tournament and lost to Sebastian Baez in the last 16.

Lajovic took on qualifier Felipe Misolic in the first round and had to go to a final set to get the win. Not since the Barcelona Open in April has he won two matches in a tournament. He got to the last four there but doesn't seem to be in that kind of form at present and we tip Cobolli to win..