2 matches are on Tuesday's card at Columbus, and we have a pick for every one of them. The headline act: Abedallah Shelbayh against Li Tu in the round of 32. Our calls: Shelbayh over Tu, Trotter over Kozlov.
Pick: Shelbayh
Win probability: 52% Shelbayh · Market: -140 · We call it in 3 sets (51%) · single likeliest score 2-1 (28%)
Tuesday's Columbus round of 32 pits Abedallah Shelbayh against Li Tu on hard. Abedallah Shelbayh has won 5 of the last 10. Li Tu limps in on a 2-match losing skid, just 5 wins in 10.
There's a wide gap in our ratings on hard, and our number follows from it. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Shelbayh is exactly that — a lean.
Pick: Trotter
Win probability: 53% Trotter · We call it in 3 sets (51%) · single likeliest score 2-1 (28%)
Tuesday's Columbus round of 32 pits James Trotter against Stefan Kozlov on hard. James Trotter is 4-6 across recent matches. Stefan Kozlov limps in on a 4-match losing skid, just 3 wins in 10.
Hold strength tells the story — 73.6% versus 65.5% on first-serve points in Trotter's favor. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Trotter is exactly that — a lean.
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