ATP tournament in Dallas, 1st round, Tuesday, 07.02.2023
After the Davis Cup is before the next tournament! Oscar Otte is currently in Dallas, wanting to recover from his recent, somewhat unpleasant experience. Will he succeed?
On Tuesday, he will face a local hero who is favored despite a worse placement in the ranking. At Betano, the average odds are 1.60 to 2.30.
Whether this is justified and why I also speak out against a German success, I will now reveal in my Otte Eubanks tip!
Germany against Switzerland, this duel brought us the Davis Cup in the past few days. It was Oscar Otte who made the start and faced Marc-Andrea Huesler.
The Cologne player did not play badly, but in the end there was an unnecessary 6-2, 2-6, 4-6 defeat. It was not to be the only German defeat, because in the end black-red-gold flew out.
It wasn’t just Oscar Otte, but the world number 80 can’t build on the form that made him so strong in the summer of 2022. At the Australian Open, he had only been allowed to play one match.
2-6, 4-6, 7-6, 7-5 against Shang Juncheng! Actually, it can only get a little better in Dallas. A year ago, he took part in this tournament for the first time, but at a very manageable level.
Glatt with 4-6, 4-6 he lost to Jack Sock, now he starts again against an American! A bad omen? At least he duels with Christopher Eubanks for the first time.
With our tested bookmakers, Otte does not really perform well, here there are odds of 1.60 to 2.30. And this despite the fact that his opponent with rank 104 is actually a good deal worse placed than himself.
Christopher Eubanks, 2.01 meters tall, should have the audience in Dallas on his side. If he failed a year ago in the qualification, he can now run without intermediate step in the main field.
In contrast to Otte, the American has at least overcome a hurdle Down Under, also against a player from the Asian area. Against Soon-woo Kwon there was a 6-3, 6-7, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
In the 2nd round he met Jiri Lehecka, the surprise man from the Czech Republic. Here his Grand Slam was already over, he lost with 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 3-6. He got an average of 70% on the first serve, for a player of his size actually a mixed value.
At the ASB Classics a few days earlier, however, Eubanks was able to attract attention with victories against Dusan Lajovic, Joao Sousa and Ugo Humbert.
My Otte Eubanks tip
For Oscar Otte, the last few months have been anything but good, even the winter break has not brought him the hoped-for step forward. The serve game does not come, he loses sight of the points in decisive situations.
The end with the German team in the Davis Cup was very disappointing, will that still hang him in Dallas? Christopher Eubanks is on the verge of finally cracking the top 100.
His results have convinced me a bit more in recent weeks than what Otte has brought to the place. Therefore, I opt for the following single bet:
Eubanks wins against Otte!
