Two wild cards meet in the first round of the hard court Belgrade Open as Stanislas Wawrinka faces Laslo Djere. The winner will play top seed Alex de Minaur in the next round. Here’s our match prediction.
Wawrinka is currently ranked 148th, eight spots behind Djere. The Swiss veteran hadn’t won a hard court match this year until the recent Shanghai Masters, where he had some good results, including a win over Andrey Rublev in Vienna. However, he struggled last week, losing to world number 380 Dino Prezmic in the Bratislava Challenger.
Djere must beat Wawrinka for the first time; the two met twice in 2022, with Wawrinka winning both, including one match that had over 21.5 games played. Djere is currently out of form, having lost his last three matches, including a recent three-set loss to Constant Lestienne, with each match featuring a tie-break.
While a side bet on a tie-break could be worth considering, our main prediction is that over 21.5 games will be played in this match.