29th seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina will take on French teenager Arthur Fils in the first round of the 2023 French Open on Sunday, May 28. Get the predictions and odds of this Alejandro Davidovich Fokina v Arthur Fils match along with its preview, head-to-head, and tips here.
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Alejandro Davidovich Fokina v Arthur Fils Head to Head
34th-ranked Alejandro Davidovich Fokina hasn’t faced off against 112th-ranked Arthur Fils before this.
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Fokina Lost His Opener Last Year
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina will hope he learned a harsh lesson from last year’s first-round defeat at the French Open.
Davidovich Fokina was 1/4 to beat Tallon Griekspoor last year but still ended up on the wrong end of a four-set defeat.
He is slated as the favorite this time against the promising French teenager Arthur Fils. Davidovich Fokina will be seeded for a second Grand Slam in a row, but he’ll be acutely aware of the threats possesses by playing a home crowd favorite.
So far in 2023, he has compiled a 17-13 record and on clay he’s 6-5, making two quarterfinals, one in Estoril and the other in Barcelona. But his round of 16 run in Madrid was a barnburner, it included a big upset of Holger Rune in the third round under the lights.
Davidovich Fokina has been to the quarterfinals of the FRench Open before back in 2021, a result that unearthed his talent on the big stage. Let’s see if he hold off a very dangerous home wild card.
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Fils Gets Wild Card
Arthur Fils is among the French contingent who are the recipients of a wild card at this year’s French Open. And truthfully, he’s merited it.
Fils, at the time of writing, is into his third ATP semifinal of the season in Lyon courtesy of a walkover given by Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Fils only needed one completed match win to make the semis, getting a default win in the second round when Mikael Ymer lost control and attacked the chair umpire’s seat, and then of course benefitting from Auger-Aliassime’s withdrawal.
By coincidence, he’ll crack the top 100 for the first time next week when the rankings are updated, and getting a win over a seeded player in Paris would be quite a way to celebrate his top 100 debut.
Fils has been featuring on the ATP Challenge Tour for the last couple of years until he transitioned to Tour-level tennis this season with some eye-catching runs at home tournaments. And with a place inside the top 100, we’ll see more of the talented 18-year-old this season.
Davidovich Fokina v Fils Prediction and Tip
Let’s see if Davidovich Fokina has learned his lesson from last year where he was the odds-on favorite to win his opener. With his greater pedigree on this surface and his experience at Grand Slam level, he should charge past the home wild card.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Davidovich Fokina to win: 1/5
- Moderate Risk Tip: Over 3.5 sets in the match: 4/5
The 2023 French Open will be played from May 28 to June 11. 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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