Bet Of The Day October 19

Andrew Hendrie: Oct 19, 2023

The ATP Tokyo second round match between Zhizhen Zhang and Aslan Karatsev features as Bettingpro.com.au’s best bet for Thursday October 19.

Bet Of The Day October 19 – read on below for our reasoning behind today’s best bet.

Key Points

Zhang has won nine of his last 10 matches
Zhang beat Hurkacz in a deciding set tiebreak in Tokyo R1
Karatsev has won six of his last nine matches
Only seven spots separate these two in the ATP rankings
Zhang has seen both players win a set in six of his last eight tour-level matches
Karatsev has seen both players win a set in six of his last nine matches
The first meeting between these two went three sets
The second meeting saw Karatsev prevail 7-6 6-4, with the first set going to a tiebreak
This match is a ‘pick em’ with the bookies (Zhang & Karatsev both $1.91 to win, signals close match expected)

We’re off to ATP Tokyo for today’s best bet as Zhizhen Zhang and Aslan Karatsev square off for a spot in the quarter-finals.

This promises to be an entertaining contest between two in-form players with a valuable spot in the last eight of an ATP 500 tournament on the line.

Tough to split the pair on current form, so we’re turning our attention to total sets and backing this match to go the distance.

Only seven spots separate these two in the current ATP rankings and as mentioned, both are in pretty good form heading into this encounter.

Zhang has won nine of his last 10 matches and opened his Tokyo campaign by beating recently crowned Shanghai Masters champion Hubert Hurkacz in a deciding set tiebreak.

Six of Zhang’s last eight matches at tour-level have seen both players win a set – the Chinese player is building a bit of a reputation as a marathon man and certainly has found himself in many battles throughout 2023.

Karatsev is also in decent touch, winning six of his last nine matches and coming off a first round upset over Frances Tiafoe in Tokyo.

Such is the nature of Karatsev’s explosive and unpredictable game, his matches can see many fluctuations – indeed, six of his last nine outings have seen both players win a set.

These two have met twice before in tour and they were both relatively close matches. Zhang prevailed in Kazakhstan last season in three sets, while Karatsev turned the tables in Madrid earlier this season, winning a close first set that could have gone either way before closing it out 7-6 6-4.

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