World number 70 Juan Pablo Varillas will face the wildcard entrant and 583rd-ranked Cui Jie in the first round of the 2023 Chengdu Open on Thursday, September 21. Get the predictions and odds of this Juan Pablo Varillas v Cui Jie match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Juan Pablo Varillas v Cui Jie Head to Head
Varillas and Jie have never faced off in a competitive match before this.
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Varillas Hoping to Overturn Lacklustre Hardcourt Form
Never in his career has Varillas won a lot in hardcourt competitions and it has been no different this season.
The world number 70, who is known to make opponents struggle on clay, has clinched just one main draw win in a hardcourt tournament in 2023 and enters this tournament knowing he needs to do a lot better than that if he wants to rise on the rankings charts.
Just prior to this he had won his singles matches in the Davis Cup but more vitally it was at the US Open before that where Varillas won his first hardcourt match of the season. In doing so, he had doubled that count in his career – another indicator of his poor record on this surface.
Varillas will now face a player whose career-best ranking is 583rd in the world and that means he starts off a 1/8 favourite at bet365 in this one.
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Jie More Known on the Futures Circuit
Jie has never been ranked in the top 550 of the ATP Rankings and that’s because most of his competitive tennis has come on the Futures circuit, which is two notches below the highest level of tennis.
And even there, it’s not as if Jie has performed remarkably well over his career, having only won his maiden title in 2023. That came in August this year when he clinched a tournament victory in a hardcourt competition.
A wildcard into the first round of this competition will help Jie earn a few ranking points for sure but beyond that he will hope he can come up with a strong showing in this opener. As opponents go, Varillas might not be the toughest on these kinds of surfaces which should help Jie too.
That said, at 5/1 (at bet365), it’s tough to see how Jie can overturn those odds and find his way through to a win here.
Varillas v Jie Prediction and Tip
Backing a Varillas win but can expect Jie to put up some sort of a fight here, with the games handicap market looking like a tempting option here.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Games Handicap Jie +5.5: 8/11 (with bet365)
The 2023 Chengdu Open will be played from September 18 to 24. You can get all the tennis betting news with our tennis betting blog here. Also get rest of the tennis match previews here.
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