Alex De Minaur and Nikoloz Basilashvili will square off in the 2nd round of the Rogers Cup for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex De Minaur who should win in 3 sets.
Alex De Minaur -> 1.59
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 2.42
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Prediction and head to head Alex De Minaur vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
This will be the 2nd time that Alex De Minaur and Nikoloz Basilashvili face off. The head to head is 1-0 for De Minaur (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, De Minaur won 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Antalya back in January 2021.
Alex De Minaur
Ranked no. 17, the Australian will start his run in Montreal after he played his last match in Washington where he lost 6-7(5) 6-4 6-2 to Johnson in the 2nd round on the 4th of August.
De Minaur has an overall 20-15 win-loss record in 2021, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title in in Antalya where he overcame Alexander Bublik in the final 2-0 ret. and in in Eastbourne where he defeated Lorenzo Sonego in the final 4-6 6-4 7-6(5).
Talking about his overall career, Alex has an overall 220-126 record. He has a positive 104-54 record on hard.
Previously in Montreal
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See his history.
Nikoloz Basilashvili
Ranked no. 43, Nikoloz got to the 2nd round after beating Jenson Brooksby 2-6 6-0 6-4.
In the 1st round against Brooksby, Basilashvili recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-0 6-4). During the match Basilashvili scored 85 points vs Brooksby’s 79. Basilashvili was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Basilashvili made 7 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve 4 times and he saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 45% of his first serves in, winning 65% (26/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (23/48) on the 2nd serve. Nikoloz broke Brooksby 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Doha where he overcame Roberto Bautista Agut in the final 7-6(5) 6-2 and in in Munich where he defeated Jan-Lennard Struff in the final 6-4 7-6(5).
Nikoloz has an overall 24-19 win-loss record in 2021, 10-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Toronto
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexander BublikBublik (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-3 6-713 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Casper RuudRuud – Marin CilicCilic (6-3 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- John IsnerIsner – Christian GarinGarin (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – John MillmanMillman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Benoit PairePaire (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Fabio FogniniFognini (3-5) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Rafael NadalNadal (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (1-0) – H2H and prediction