TENNIS FREE BETTING TIP: Grigor Dimitrov vs Benoit Paire

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Former World No. 3 Grigor Dimitrov is past his prime and despite the fact that he hasn’t won any tournament since 2017, still has much left in the tank as he is 30 years old.

The Bulgarian is currently ranked at No. 28 and finished 2021 with a 24-18 record including 18-10 on hard surface. His best results were the semifinals in San Diego where he lost to Casper Ruud in three sets and in Indian Wells where he failed to Cameron Norrie winning only six games in the match.

Dimitrov started this year with a 3-1 record. He defeated Facundo Bagnis and Botic Van De Zandschulp on Melbourne Summer Set 1 before failing to Maxime Cressy in the third round.

In the first round of the Australian Open, Dimitrov defeated the 20-year-old Jiri Lehecka by 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. He won 78% of the points on his first serve and saved 7 out of 8 break points.

Benoit Paire was one of the best young talents in the game but hasn’t fulfilled his potential mainly because of his behavior and work ethic.

The 32-year-old Frenchman is currently 56th in the ATP rankings with his best rank at No. 18.

He finished last season with a negative record of 14-34 including 6-12 on hard surface. Paire’s best results in 2021 were the quarterfinals in Cordoba, Hamburg, Gstaad and Cincinnati.

He started 2022 with two losses to Henry Laaksonen and Thanasi Kokinakis. Paire defeated Thiago Monteiro in the first round at the Australian Open with 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 2-6, 7-5 after 3 hours and 40 minutes. He hit 30 aces with 85% converting of his first serve.

Key facts

• Paire leads 2-1 against Dimitrov in head-to-heads
• Dimitrov is 3-1 in 2022 while Paire is 1-2
• Dimitrov lost in the quarterfinals last year while Paire lost in the first round

Dimitrov is the better player mainly because he tries harder. Still, Paire has defeated him twice and all of their three matches have gone the distance. Paire is capable to defeated Dimitrov on a good day. Anyway, the Frenchman will put up a fight. He won 85% on his first serve in the first round and will be close to that against Dimitrov. Taking that into consideration, placing a bet on Paire +7.5 games is a good one at -167.

Value Bet

Benoit Paire to win

5.10

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