World number 59 Mackenzie McDonald faces the 73rd-ranked Ilya Ivashka in the first round of the 2023 Rosmalen Open on Monday, June 12. Get the predictions and odds of this Mackenzie McDonald v Ilya Ivashka match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Mackenzie McDonald v Ilya Ivashka Head to Head
This has been an interesting rivalry with six matches being played and Ivashka leads 4-2 on head to head. They had faced off in this very tournament last season too, at this very stage and Ivashka had won it in three sets.
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McDonald on an Eight-Match Losing Streak
Gone are the days when McDonald was riding on the high of having stunned Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open. That had been the biggest win of his career and while it came against an ailing Nadal, it should have given him a lot of confidence.
Since then, however, McDonald’s form has slowly fallen away. To the extent, he is now on an eight-match losing streak which includes six successive defeats on clay, and one on the Challenger circuit in a grass court competition in Surbiton.
Clay has never been McDonald’s go-to surface anyway but losing to Jordan Thompson in his opener at the Surbiton Challenger in straight sets would have been a bit of a concern.
On grass, McDonald’s overall career record reads a solid 8-8 – especially when compared with the 8-17 on clay and 65-71 on hardcourts – but that’s also a very shmall sample size of things. Can he now stall his losing run and win his first match since the last week of March.
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Ivashka Coming off Surbiton Second Round Exit
While Ivashka’s record on clay this season wasn’t as bad as his opponent’s, he still struggled to register wins.
There was a second round appearance at the Monte-Carlo Masters and that was followed by a quarterfinal showing in Geneva. Other than that he fell in the first round of five events on clay including an opening Challenger defeat.
After an opening defeat at the French Open, Ivashka proceeded to feature in that same Challenger tournament in Surbiton as McDonald had, won his opener against Hugo Grenier before falling in the second round.
Ivashka lost to the 23/10 underdog Rinky Hijikata which can hardly be called ideal match practice for the start of the grass court swing but he will know McDonald’s in an even worse form than his own.
Can he take advantage of that?
McDonald v Ivashka Prediction and Tip
Ivashka is a 7/10 favourite but we reckon this is too close an encounter to call. We will have to go with a three-setter in this one
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Over 8.5 games in the first set: 1/4
- Moderate Risk Tip: Over 22.5 games in the match: 5/6
The 2023 Rosmalen Open will be played from June 12 to 18. 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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