World number 35 and Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego faces Frenchman Hugo Gaston in the first round of the 2021 ATP Montpellier Open on Monday, February 22, with the match likely to begin at around 11 am local time (12 noon BST or 7 pm Eastern Time previous day). Get the live streaming options of this Lorenzo Sonego v Hugo Gaston match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Lorenzo Sonego v Hugo Gaston Head to Head
This will be the first meeting between Sonego and Gaston.
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Sonego Hoping to Improve Hard Court Record
Sonego had featured in Cordoba last year, a tournament played on his favourite clay court surface. The Cordoba Open will run in parallel with this tournament in Montpellier but due to a variety of reasons, Sonego has opted to participate in this competitions on indoor hard courts as opposed on the clays of Cordoba.
One of the reasons could also be his showing at the Vienna Open late last season which was also played indoors, where starting out in the qualifying rounds, the Italian lost in the second qualifier only to make it to the main draw as a lucky loser.
And from there on, Sonego went on to have the time of his life, and played the tournament of his career, to defeat Novak Djokovic and co. to make it to the final. While he didn’t win the title, going down to Andrey Rublev in the final, there was enough flair on show all competition from the 25-year-old for him to seriously consider non-clay competitions as well.
Sonego hasn’t had the best of starts to the season though, losing in the first round of the Murray River Open in Melbourne before bowing out in the second at the Australian Open.
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Gaston Yet to Win a Main Draw Match
The 20-year-old Gaston was ousted in the first round of the qualifiers for the Australian Open which meant he didn’t travel to Melbourne to play any of the lead-up competitions either. As such he hasn’t played in any tour level match, in short implying he hasn’t won a single main draw encounter.
Gaston did participate in the two Challenger tournaments played in Quimper and was knocked out in the first round at both.
And while he did make it to the semifinal at the Cherbourg Challenger, giving him some confidence, he will know his work will be cut out going up against a player of Sonego’s classh.
Sonego v Gaston Prediction and Tip
What’s interesting to note is that while Sonego is a favourite, he still starts out a 2/5 to win this and those sounds very tempting odds despite the Italian’s obvious preference for clay.
Tip: Sonego to win: 2/5 (bet365)
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The 2021 ATP Montpellier Open will be played from February 22 to 28. You can watch & bet on the these matches here. Get your latest premium tennis predictions here.
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