World number five Casper Ruud will be up against the 147th-ranked Joao Sousa in the second round of the 2023 ATP Estoril Open on Wednesday, April 5. Get the predictions and odds of this Casper Ruud v Joao Sousa match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Casper Ruud v Joao Sousa Head to Head
There have been three previous meetings between these two players and all of them have come on clay. Ruud leads 3-0 but two of them did go into the third set.
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Ruud Admits Making a Mistake
According to reports, Ruud’s form issues at the start of the season have been put down to a mistake he says he might have made before the start of the season.
Ruud, who is 5-6 on win-loss this season, opted not to have too much of pre-season training as he featured in some exhibition tournaments in South American with Rafael Nadal, which he reckons has led to his current form issues.
The former world number two, who had finished a runner-up at the US Open, hasn’t won successive matches in 2023. What was also surprising at that time was he did not participate in any of the South American clay court competitions held earlier this year in February.
Ruud revealed he had a second pre-season in February which makes the above decision clearer now but what it’s also meant is he hasn’t gotten into any sort of a rhythm so far.
Can this switch to the clay court season help the world number five turn things around?
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Sousa Surprise for Zeppieri
Giulio Zeppieri has had a solid season so far at the Challenger circuit and it came as no surprise that he started off a favourite in his first round here in Estoril.
Sousa, however, is an experienced cookie, and despite being ranked behind Zeppieri, he managed to pull off a rabbit off the hat. Starting out as a 7/5 underdog in their opening encounter, Sousa came through 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 in an hour and 48 minutes to clinch the win.
Both players lost their serve on three occasions in the encounter but while Sousa’s serving issues were restricted to the second set, Zeppieri’s problems were spread across the other two.
And that’s where Sousa took advantage and pocketed just his third main draw of the season.
Things will be slightly differently against Ruud though.
Ruud v Sousa Prediction and Tip
While Ruud’s form has been anything but spectacular he should have enough ammunition to get past his opponent in this one. In two as well.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Ruud to win in straight sets: 4/9 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
- Moderate Risk Tip: Under 19.5 games in the match: 5/6 (Click Here to Bet with 888Sport)
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The 2023 ATP Estoril Open will be played from April 3 to 9. 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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