Karen Khachanov vs Alejandro Tabilo Prediction: Betting on a Confident Victory for Karen

In the first round of the grass tennis tournament in Hertogenbosch, the world No. 23, Karen Khachanov will meet with the No. 82 ATP ranking Chilean Alejandro Tabilo. The guys have not yet crossed in the tour, and Karen is quoted by bookmakers as the big favorite of the pair.

No. 23 reached the fourth round of Roland Garros, where he lost in three sets to Carlos Alcaraz of Spain. Khachanov knocked out Borges, Dellien and Norrie. Karen has not played on grass this season, but had eight grass matches last season, winning five and losing three. Last season Karen took part in three grass tournaments: started in Halle, continued in Mallorca and then Wimbledon. In Halle he dropped out after the first round, but Rublev was his opponent. At Mallorca he beat Pouille, but fell to Lopez. At Wimbledon Karen shot his way to the quarterfinals. 

Unlike Khachanov, Tabilo did not take part in Roland Garros, the Chilean's last tournaments were Munich and Madrid. At the Masters in the Spanish capital the South American did not even reach the main draw, losing to Goffin in two sets. Tabilo is a clay player in his nature, but Alejandro played only five matches on grass last season. Then Tabilo took part in two tournaments in London. In the first, he qualified but lost in the first round to Karatsev in three sets. At Wimbledon, Tabilo failed in qualification to China's Zhang. 

Last season Khachanov did not start the grass part of the season in the best way, but then he had a serious opponent. We can't say the same about Tabilo. Plus, Khachanov is in good form, at least at Roland Garros he performed well, and many named his best performance in a long period of time against Norrie. Tabilo is not a grass player at all, and the Chilean is not doing well. We believe that Khachanov will have no problems reaching the second round of the tournament in Hertogenbosch on Tuesday.

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