Alexander Shevchenko vs Jaume Munar Prediction: Shevchenko has a great opportunity to take revenge

In the Australian Open Championship, Alexander Shevchenko will face Spain's Jaume Munar, currently the 83rd ranked player in the world. The guys have crossed paths in the Tour 1 time before, with the Spaniard winning the head-to-head match in two sets on the Marbella court.

Shevchenko has already played two tournaments in the 2024 season, with two wins over van Assche and Etcheverry and two losses to Rune and O'Connell in Brisbane and Adelaide. Shevchenko has nothing to boast about so far, but it should be noted that the Russian took a set from Holger Rune, a top-10 ATP ranking representative in Brisbane. Besides, Alexander is an expert on hard court, which is not the case with Munar.

Before the AO-2024, the Spaniard played three matches at two Hong Kong and Auckland tournaments. In Hong Kong, Munar lost to Virtanen in three sets; in Auckland, he beat Vesely but lost to van Assche, whom Shevchenko had beaten in Brisbane a week earlier in two games.

We should not pay much attention to the statistics of the personal meeting between the Russians and the Spaniards. First of all, that match was played in March 2022, i.e., almost two years ago, and since then, Shevchenko has improved greatly. Secondly, Munar is a profile ground player, while Shevchenko is a professional hardcourt player. We believe that Shevchenko has a great opportunity on Sunday to take revenge on Munar for the defeat two years ago.