Egor Gerasimov vs Adrian Mannarino
11th November 1000hrs
Tennis – Bulgaria – ATP Sofia 2020
Pick Mannarino to win
Bookmaker Unibet
Odds: 4/6 odds taken 02:15 GMT Tuesday, 10th November
We have tennis betting action from Bulgaria in this preview, with Egor Gerasimov vs Adrian Mannarino.
This is a second-round match at the tournament after both players managed to survive three-set matches in the first round.
So this could be quite the tight tussle. At least that is what the bookmakers think, with Mannarino just shading a bit of favouritism.
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Egor Gerasimov Preview – Can underdog Gerasimov land the win?
Ranked just outside the top 80 is Belarusian Egor Gerasimov who is the 5/4 underdog to pick up the win in this match* (odds taken 02:15 GMT Tuesday, 10th November).
In the first round of this tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria, Gerasimov held to beat Viktor Troicki who had managed to pull the second set back.
There has been a decent bit of form from Gerasimov recently, as he made it from the first qualifying round through to the round of sixteen in Cologne recently.
He was stopped there in the main draw over three sets by Felix Auger-Aliassime, so Gerasimov was not disgraced at all.
The Belarusian then followed that up with a quarter final finish at Nu-Sultan in Kazakhstan in his most recent tournament before this one.
So he is not in bad shape at all and is worth some tennis betting considerations in this one.
The overall match record for Gerasimov this year is W12 L9.
Gerasimov and Mannarino have played two previous matches. The most recent of those was last year in St Petersburg.
Gerasimov got the victory in that match to tie up the head to head.
Both previous matches were on the indoor hard court. This is an interesting second round fixture and looking for extended value on a win for Gerasimov, a 2-0 in set betting is at 11/4* (odds taken 02:15 GMT Tuesday, 10th November)..
At the very least he looks as if he can be competitive on Wednesday against a much higher-ranked player.
Adrian Mannarino Preview – Can the Frenchman deliver expected success?
France’s Adrian Mannarino also had a tough tussle in the opening round match of this tournament.
He was up against Martin Klizan in that opening fixture. Mannarino had to fight his way back after having dropped the opening set in the contest.
So that was a big effort from him.
In tennis betting, the 32 year old is at 4/7 in the match outright* (odds taken 02:15 GMT Tuesday, 10th November).
What is also making this look like an even contest for Mannarino against Gerasimov, is that the Frenchman has similar form to his opponent.
He reached the quarterfinals of Cologne in October and then ran to the final of Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan right at the start of November.
Mannarino was then making a little bit of progress at the ATP Master 1000 Paris even last week under the round of sixteen.
He was stopped at the stage by Germany’s Alexander Zverev, but only after having taken the opening set.
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Adrian Mannarino is the higher-ranked player of these two and we think that extra touch of quality is going to get him through.
For two players on just about equal current form, we would have to swing with the Frenchman here.
He is a left-hander as well so is just that extra bit difficult to go up against.
Egor Gerasimov vs Adrian Mannarino Betting Advice
It is the match win for Mannarino that we are going to swing with for tennis betting on this match.
He has been in pretty steady form over the last month or so to warrant getting back in this. He showed some good mettle in the opening match of this event, fighting back from a set down to win.
For the extended value we are going with the Mannarino 2-0 in set betting for 11/8* (odds taken 02:15 GMT Tuesday, 10th November).
Key Facts – Egor Gerasimov vs Adrian Mannarino Betting Tip
- Egor Gerasimov and Adrian Mannarino are 1-1 in the head to head
- Egor Gerasimov took three sets to win his first match of this tournament
- Adrian Mannarino fought back from a set down to win his first round match
There is really nothing too much wrong with the game of Gerasimov at the moment, and we don’t think this is going to be all plain sailing for Mannarino.
But at the end of the day, we think that the Belarusian is just going to come up short. We could consider a Gerasimov +1.5 handicap at evens to stick close* (odds taken 02:15 GMT Tuesday, 10th November).
The best betting odds for Egor Gerasimov vs Adrian Mannarino
Egor Gerasimov to win: 5/4 at Bet365
Adrian Mannarino to win: 4/7 at Bet365
