Lorenzo Sonego vs Felix Auger-Aliassime Prediction: Bet on the Canadian

Many top-10 ATP players have arrived in Rotterdam, including world number eight Canada's Auger-Aliassime. And the Canadian's first opponent in this indoor tournament will be Italian Lorenzo Sonego, who has experience playing in back-to-back tournaments in 2023.

Lorenzo is currently ranked 60th in the ATP rankings. Sonego played three tournaments this year, in Adelaide, Melbourne, and Montpellier. He did not win any major titles, and his best performance this year was at the Montpellier, where he reached the quarter-finals before losing to eventual winner Sinner from his compatriot country. Before losing to Jannick, Sonego knocked Frenchman Bonzi and Serb Krajinovic out.

Unlike Sonego, Auger-Aliassime only played two tournaments in 2023. In Adelaide, the Canadian failed, losing already in the first match to Popyrin. In Melbourne, Felix performed well, reaching the 4th round, losing to a young Czech talent, Lehecka. Admittedly, it can't be said that Auger-Aliassime had a difficult calendar, the Canadian knocking out his compatriot Pospisil, Slovakian Molcan, and Argentinian Cerundolo from the tournament. Auger-Aliassime lost a set to three in each match at the 2023 Australian Open. In 2022, Auger-Aliassime won four tournaments in Rotterdam, Florence, Antwerp, and Basel. Remarkably, all these tournaments are indoors, and Auger-Aliassime is the reigning winner of Rotterdam, naturally wanting to defend the title.

Sonego and Auger-Aliassime have played each other once on tour, in the last 32 of the Hamburg tournament in 2020, and that match ended 6-2, 7-6 in favor of Felix.

Auger-Aliassime has come to the Netherlands to defend his title and will do everything he can to accomplish what he wants. The Canadian loves indoor tournaments, which is confirmed by the statistics; four triumphs in the past year in hard indoor tournaments is not small. Sonego, in return, can only boast that he has an indoor practice in 2023, but we doubt that this factor will be significant in revealing the winner of the upcoming game. We also note that two and a half years ago Auger-Aliassime beat the Italian in two sets, and Felix has certainly not gotten any weaker since then, and that's. Here are the betting options for the match:

• Correct score 0:2 for 1.93;
• Handicap 2 (-4) for 2.26.