Miomir Kecmanovic vs Carlos Alcaraz Prediction: The Spaniard is the big favorite in the pairing

In the Australian Open, Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic, world No. 60, will face Spain's Carlos Alcaraz, currently No. 2 in the world rankings. The guys have crossed paths once before in the Tour, in 2022 on the hard court of Miami and the Spaniard won that meeting in three sets and is the big favorite in the pairing.

Kecmanovic knocked out Watanuki of Japan, Struff of Germany, and Paul of the USA. The match against Paul lasted exactly 4 hours, and Kecmanovic won it with the score 6:4, 3:6, 2:6, 7:6, 6:0. During the game, the Balkan made ten aces with zero double faults and won 70% of points on the first serve, and 49% on the second.

Alcaraz did not finish the match against Shang, although everything was going to the defeat of the Chinese player, who simply withdrew from the match with scores of 6:1, 6:1, and 1:0 in favor of the Spaniard. During the game, Alcaraz had three aces and one double fault and won 84% of points on the first serve and 87% on the second serve. Before the match against Shan, Alcaraz knocked out Frenchman Gasquet and Italian Sonego.

We believe that Alcaraz will win the upcoming game, but we are not sure that this victory will turn out to be a resounding victory. The only personal meeting between the Serb and the Spaniard was protracted, and Kecmanovic is in great shape. He knocked out Struff and Paul and will try to give a fight to the Spaniard. We don't expect a sensation in this game, but we wouldn't be surprised if Miomir takes one set in Monday's match against the world number two.