World No. 78, Emil Ruusuvouri of Finland. will take on Benoît Paire of France, the world number 49, and number seven seed, in the second round of the 2021 Atalanta Open on Thursday, July 29. Get the live streaming options of this Emil Ruusuvouri v Benoît Paire match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Emil Ruusuvouri v Benoît Paire Head to Head
The pair have never played each other before. This will be the first match between the 22 year old Finn, and the Frenchman, who is ten years older.
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Emil Glad to be Back on American Hard Courts
Ruusuvouri, who continues to be the sole flagbearer for Finnish tennis in the upper echelons of the sport, will be glad to be back on American hard courts again, holding find memories of his performance at the Miami Masters in March, where he beat Alexander Zverev, before losing to Jannik Sinner in the fourth round.
And he made an impressive start to his time in Atlanta with a straight sets defeat of the American Mackenzie McDonald, the world number 106.
The first set went with serve and seemed to be heading for a tie-break, until McDonald broke the Ruusuvouri serve. However, in the next game, which became a marathon, despite McDonald having three set points, it was Ruusuvouri who converted the third of his own break points, meaning that a breaker was required after all.
McDonald dropped his serve tice, Ruusuvouri was flawless, and that proved to be the difference.
The Finn then broke the American early in the second set and appeared to be in control of proceedings, only to be broken when serving for the match. However, he then forced another break next game and was finally able to close out the match with his third match point.
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Paire Should Have Been in Tokyo
Paire knows that he should have been on the other side of the world this week laying for France in the Olympics had he not been banned by his own tennis Federation for repeated incidences of bad behaviour.
Instead, he must content himself with having to find his form after what has been a tough year ion tour for him so far.
After a string of early defeats, there have been recent signs of encouragement with runs to the quarter-finals in both Hamburg and Gstaad.
He began his campaign in Atlanta with a match against the world Yasutake Uchimyama, and was made to fight hard for his victory by the Japanese man.
In a first set where serve dominated, there were only two break points created on either side of the net, and it was Paire who took his chance to establish the lead.
Both men had chances to break in the second set, could not take them and it went to a tie-break. This time Paire proved more fallible on serve and Uchiyama was able to level the match.
Uchiyama dropped his serve in the fourth game of the third set, but hit back with a break of his own immediately, and the match was all square again.
However, serving to stay in the match, he faltered at the wrong time and Paire was able to claim the win.
Ruusuvouri v Paire Prediction and Tip
Paire will start the favourite, but as always with the Frenchman, the question is whether he will be able to control his temperament. If he can, then he should progress past the Finn.
Tip: Paire to win: 5/7 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
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