World number 138 Alex Michelsen will face the 74th-ranked Juan Pablo Varillas in the first round of the 2023 ATP Winston-Salem Open on Sunday, August 20. Get the predictions and odds of this Alex Michelsen v Juan Pablo Varillas match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Alex Michelsen v Juan Pablo Varillas Head to Head
No previous matches have taken place between Michelsen and Varillas.
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Michelsen in Solid Form This Season
It’s still early days in Michelsen’s career but the 18-year-old has been making some solid strides already. At the start of this season, he was ranked outside the top 600 but come this competition in August, he has improved drastically and is currently 138th in the world.
That has been down to his form on the lower circuits with Michelsen having won a title at the Futures level and then another at the Challenger circuit.
And if one thought things couldn’t get better this quickly for Michelsen, the American went on to make it to the final of the Newport Open in July.
Since then he has featured at the Atlanta Open and the Stanford Challenger but done nothing of note. That, however, shouldn’t deter him too much as he looks to find his way past a player who has been known to do well on clay but has struggled elsewhere.
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Varillas Gets Going on Clay Alone
It’s not just that Varillas wins more matches on clay than any other surface. He is one of those dirtballers who has opted out of a plethora of tournaments outside of clay and this can be seen from his overall record.
Having played over 650 matches in his career at all levels of the sport combined, only 12% of those have come outside of clay.
Take the case of this season alone. It’s not as if Varillas has changed tack as his career has gone along with the Peruvian playing a mere six matches on non-clay surfaces to go with 35 on it.
So while Varillas has done well to make it to the fourth round at the French Open and the quarterfinal of the Gstaad Open, it doesn’t matter too much as he shifts to the North American hardcourt season.
The last time he did play on such a surface was at the Miami Masters where he was bundled out in the first round. Expect something similar here.
Michelsen v Varillas Prediction and Tip
Michelsen should not have a lot of problems here and we expect him to close this out in two sets.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Michelsen to win: 2/5 (with bet365)
- Moderate Risk Tip: Michelsen to win in straight sets: 1/1 (with bet365)
The 2023 ATP Winston-Salem Open will be played from August 20 to 26. 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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