Shevchenko vs. O’Connell Prediction on January 10, 2023

Match info

In the ATP Men’s Singles Tennis Tournament’s 2024 Adelaide International 1/8 Finals, Australian Christopher O’Connell, ranked 71st in the world, will square off against Alexander Shevchenko. The players have never met before, and the bookies who are more generous than others toward punters to turn their deposit bonuses into real dollars, predict that the Russian will have a better chance of winning on Wednesday, January 10, at 11:30 a.m. local time at Memorial Drive Park in Adelaide, South Australia, than the local guy.

Meeting statistics

The current form of Shevchenko

Predictably, Shevchenko defeated Tomás Martín Etcheverry in the opening round of the competition in Adelaide; nevertheless, the Russian player was unable to overcome the minus handicap, therefore the primary wager in that match was unsuccessful for many bettors. Match result: Shevchenko won 7-6, 4-6, and 7-5. He made five double faults when serving during the match, winning 42% of the points on the second serve and 69% of the points on the first. Statistics on the return of serve: 32%/57%; statistics on winners/unforced errors: 26/18.

Recall that Shevchenko participated in two matches at the Brisbane event prior to the Adelaide tournament. In those matches, he defeated Luca Van Assche but couldn’t cope with Holger Rune, losing in three sets.

The current form of O’Connell

Last week in Brisbane, the Australian was defeated in three sets by his countryman Alexei Popyrin in the opening encounter.

O’Connell played one match in Adelaide against Arthur Rinderknech, a Frenchman, and won in two sets (6-4, 6-4) in nearly one and a half hours (1:28). The Australian won 94% of the points on the first serve and 53% on the second serve during the match while serving nine times with two double faults. The return of the serve statistics are 31%/70% and the winners/unforced errors are 27/12.

Match analytics

We back the Russian, and we think he’ll have a better chance of winning than the Australian in the next match. Shevchenko’s results show that he’s improving from competition to competition. The 48th-ranked racket in the world defeated Van Assche last week and won a set against Rune, who’s in the top 10 in the ATP rankings. There’s every reason to believe that Shevchenko will play excellent tennis on Wednesday and defeat O’Connell with ease.

We’re providing the following betting suggestion for the match: Total Games Under 22.5 with odds of 1.89 on Fenikss.

Results of the forecast

Successful forecast. Shevchenko vs. O’Connell 0:2