Mikael Ymer of Sweden takes on Belarus’ Ilya Ivashka in the first round of the 2022 Sofia Open on Monday, September 26. Get the live streaming options of this Mikael Ymer v Ilya Ivashka match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Mikael Ymer v Ilya Ivashka Head to Head
They played once before and Ivashka won that match.
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Ymer’s Shown Recent Surge
Mikael Ymer had a really poor start to the season but the Swedish player was able to find some form in recent weeks starting with the Davis Cup. He’s been always known as a very solid player but also one with major flaws to make to the top of tennis.
His groundstrokes are very precise and pretty strong but the serve is a problem. It’s easily attackable and Ivashka exposed that the last time they met a couple of years ago.
It was a final and the Belarussian cruised easily in that one. Ymer will want revenge and with some solid performances in the last couple of weeks, he’ll have a decent chance to do so.
The season has been decent with 21-21 and 5-4 indoors. He’ll need to serve much better than he usually does and be aggressive. If he leaves Ivashka enough space, he’ll be in trouble more often than not.
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Ivashka Back From Vacation
Ilya Ivashka last played at the US Open and he had a fairly strong run to the 4th round of the event losing to Jannik Sinner.
The Belarussian took a break after that and did not play anything with Sofia being his first event. It should take him some time to find his footing and that’s a chance for Ymer.
Ivashka won their only meeting easily 6-0 6-2 and that was a perfect blueprint of how to play against him. Being aggressive will be key and Ivashka will have enough variety to do that effectively. He can serve well, the baseline play is solid enough and the net is not foreign to him.
The only real issue for him is if he simply does not have his best stuff that day or if he is unable to find his rhythm in time. Both are possibilities but it will require some effort form Ymer as well. I think in these conditions Ivashka has simply more weapons to win the match.
Ymer v Ivashka Prediction and Tip
As noted above Ivashka has more weapons for these types of conditions and is a better natural fit indoors. He is coming off a break so a three-set match is a possibility but I think he’ll win nonetheless.
Tip: Ivashka to win: 10/11 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
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