Alexander Shevchenko vs Christopher O'Connell Prediction: Shevchenko will be closer to victory

Within the framework of the round of 16 of the tournament in Adelaide, Alexander Shevchenko will fight with Australian Christopher O`Connell, now the 71st ranked player in the world. The guys have not crossed paths with each other before, and bookmakers are on the side of the Russian in the pairing, believing that Shevchenko will be closer to victory than the Australian on Wednesday.

As we expected, Shevchenko beat Etcheverry in the first round of the tournament in Adelaide, but, unfortunately, Alexander did not break the minus handicap. The result of the match: 7:6, 4:6, 7:5 in favor of the Russian. During the game Shevchenko served five times with 4 double faults, won 69% of points on the first serve and 42% on the second. It should be noted that before the tournament in Adelaide Shevchenko played two matches at the tournament in Brisbane, where he was stronger than van Asch, but lost to Holger Rune in three sets.

Christopher lost his first match in Brisbane last week to his compatriot, Popyrin in three sets. In Adelaide, O'Connell played one match against Frenchman Rinderknech, beating his opponent in two games 6:4, 6:4 in one hour and 28 minutes. During the game, the Australian served 9 times with two double faults, won 94% of points on his first serve and 53% on his second serve.

We are on the side of the Russian in the pair, we believe that Shevchenko will be closer to victory in the upcoming game than the Australian. Shevchenko is progressing from tournament to tournament, which is evident from his results. Last week, the 48th-ranked player beat van Asch and took a set from the representative of the top ten ATP ranking, Holger Rune. There is every reason to expect quality tennis from Alexander in Wednesday's match and a confident victory over Christopher.