Jack Draper vs Adrian Mannarino Prediction & Betting Tips - Sofia Open

Prediction published on 10/11/2023, 21:16  by Joseph King | Modified on 10/11/2023 at 23:28 in Tennis Predictions

Second-seed Adrian Mannarino and unseeded Jack Draper will contest the final of the ATP Sofia Open in the Bulgarian capital on Saturday. Despite having an injury riddled season, Jack Draper has managed to put together a solid year. At 21 years of age, Draper has now become the youngest British player to make an ATP final since Andy Murray in 2009. He’ll be seeking his first ATP Tour title in what has been a dominant performance up to this point. Draper has won all of his matches in this tournament in straight sets. In fact, the closest he’s been pushed to losing a set was a 7-5 score against the tournament’s top-seed Lorenzo Musetti in the round of 16. The Sutton native disposed of another top-30 ATP ranked player with his 6-3, 6-4 victory over Jan-Lennard Struff in the semi-final. On the year, Draper has amassed a 34-13 record (72.3%) which includes a stellar 16-2 mark on indoor hard courts. The 61st-ranked pro is in scorching form as he was crowned champion of the Bergamo Challenger event immediately preceding this competition.

Adrian Mannarino kicked off the Sofia Open in the round of 16 with a straight sets victory over 94th-ranked Albert Ramos-Vinolas. He then outlasted seventh-seed Sebastian Ofner with a 2-1 win in the quarters, setting up a semi-final meeting with unseeded Pavel Kotov. Mannarino took care of business, securing a 2-0 win over the 80th-ranked Kotov to reach his fourth final of the 2023 season. Despite now being 35-years-old, Adrian Mannarino has amassed his highest ever Tour level wins total in a single year at 42. The Frenchman was crowned champion of the Hall of Fame Open at Newport and the Astana Open. He also finished as the runner-up to Christopher Eubanks at the Mallorca Championships back in July. Prior to the Sofia Open, Mannarino had been on a cold streak with back-to-back first-round exits as well as four losses in five matches.