Karen Khachanov vs Otto Virtanen Prediction & Betting Tips - Almaty Open
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by Steve Ashfield | in Tennis Predictions
Third seed Karen Khachanov faces unseeded Otto Virtanen for a place in the last eight of the Almaty Open. The scheduled quarter-final opponent in this indoor hard court tournament is fifth seed Tomas Machac. Here's our match prediction.
World number 26 Karen Khachanov is up a place in the live rankings. The Russian is down in 30th place in the ATP Live Race but has had some promising results of late. He reached the last eight in Beijing but was beaten by Carlos Alcaraz.
His most recent tournament saw him beaten by Marcos Giron in his first match. He needs to recapture the form that saw him get to the semi-finals of the Marseille indoor hard court tournament and then win the Doha event.
Otto Virtanen is ranked 116th in the latest list but is up three places in the live rankings and four below his career-high ranking. That's after he beat Fabio Fognini in the first round of this tournament being held in Kazakhstan.
The Finnish player really needed that win after losing his six previous matches. His last win was in the US Open where he lost in the second round after getting through the qualifying rounds.
He's won two Challenger Tour hard court events this year but not won two successive hard court matches on the ATP Tour. We tip Khachanov to win this in straight sets.
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Karen Khachanov vs Otto Virtanen Form
Karen Khachanov and Otto Virtanen Last Matches
2/6 (33%)
4/6 (67%)
7 Oct 2024 - ATP Shanghai Masters
30 Sept 2024 - ATP Beijing Open
29 Sept 2024 - ATP Beijing Open
27 Sept 2024 - ATP Beijing Open
20 Sept 2024 - ATP Hangzhou Open
27 Aug 2024 - ATP US Open
4/6 (67%)
2/6 (33%)
15 Oct 2024 - Almaty Open
29 Aug 2024 - ATP US Open
27 Aug 2024 - ATP US Open
22 Aug 2024 - ATP US Open
3 Jul 2024 - ATP Wimbledon Championships
1 Jul 2024 - ATP Wimbledon Championships
Karen Khachanov - Otto Virtanen Key Points
- Virtanen is 90 places below Khachanov in the latest rankings.
- Khachanov has won one ATP Tour hard court tournament this year.
- Virtanen has lost six matches in a row before his first round win in Almaty.
- Virtanen hasn't won two successive matches in an ATP Tour hard court event this year.
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Our Karen Khachanov vs Otto Virtanen Prediction
Karen Khachanov can get the win in this match. He hasn't been anywhere near as consistent as in the first half of this year but has shown glimpses of a return to form. He takes on unseeded Otto Virtanen who had a much-needed win in round one.
The Finn had lost six successive matches before beating Fabio Fognini in round one but he's better on clay. Our Karen Khachanov v Otto Virtanen prediction is Karen Khachanov to win in straight sets.
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