Tallon Griekspoor vs Casper Ruud Prediction: Ruud will be closer to victory

The Netherlands and Norway will meet in the group stage of the United Cup. Tallon Griekspoor, the 23rd ranked player in the world, will meet Casper Ruud, the 11th number of the ATP ranking. The guys have played each other twice, the score of the confrontation is 1:1, and bookmakers are on the side of the Norwegian in the pair, they believe that Ruud will be closer to victory.

After the Masters in Paris, where the Dutchman reached the round of 16 and lost to Novak Dokovic, Tallon played only one match in the Davis Cup and lost to Jannik Sinner in two sets. Overall, after the end of the Asian part of the season, he played 9 matches in 4 tournaments and achieved five wins with 4 losses.

Unlike Griekspoor, Ruud played two exhibition matches in UAE just before the current tournament, beat Fritz and Dimitrov. The Norwegian after the Asian part of the season played two tournaments, in Basel and Paris, in Switzerland he beat Bublik, but lost to Stricker, in France he lost to Cherundolo in two sets. In general, it should be noted that Ruud finished last season in a weak tone, for this reason he fell out of the top ten of the ATP rankings and now occupies only 11th place in the peloton.

A lot depends on Casper Ruud, after all the Norwegian is a class above, but if Ruud plays at the same level in Australia as he did in Paris and Basel, we doubt that he will be able to beat the Dutchman. We bet on the latest statistics of the opponents, and it is noticeably on the side of Griekspoor.