Athletistic/Tennis. Wimbledon has just ended. As always, this Grand Slam took place in London on grass. It turned out to be interesting and exciting, although there was an unpleasant aftertaste that, for political reasons, tennis players from Russia and Belarus did not participate. This resulted in the removal of ranking points at Wimbledon. Thus, even the tennis player from Kazakhstan, Elena Rybakina, born in Moscow, failed to improve her position in the WTA rankings after winning Wimbledon. The same goes for legendary Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, who has long been the world’s number one racket. However, Russian Daniil Medvedev continues to top the ATP rankings.

However, you need to move on and study the upcoming tournaments. The next Grand Slam will be the US Open. It starts at the end of August. We can now enjoy competitions under the auspices of the ATP and WTA. This week you can see the ATP-250 tournament in Bostad, Sweden called Nordea Open. We offer you to study the predictions of interesting matches of the first round. Among the participants there is also a representative of Russia.

Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) – Pablo Carreno-Busta (Spain)

July 11, 4:00 p.m. Moscow time

Stan Wawrinka participated in Wimbledon. However, everything happened very quickly. Wawrinka crashed out after the first round, losing to Italian tennis player Yannick Sinner. The Swiss was beaten by an opponent in four sets – 5:7, 6:4, 3:6, 2:6. Pablo Carreno-Busta didn’t last long at Wimbledon either. In the first round, he met Serbian Dusan Lajovic. The Spaniard won the first set and lost the second, then was forced to refuse to continue the match. Bookmakers believe Pablo Carreno-Busta will advance to the second round. The probability of his victory over Stan Wawrinka is 68%.

Lorenzo Musetti (Italy) – Laszlo Jere (Serbia)

July 11, 5:30 p.m. Moscow time

Lorenzo Musetti’s last match was at Wimbledon. The Italian was out after the first lap. He lost in three sets to US Representative Taylor Fritz – 4:6, 4:6, 3:6. For Laszlo Jere, Wimbledon also ended quite quickly. In a difficult match, the Serb was beaten by the representative of Chile, Alejandro Tabilo. Jere lost to Tabilo in five sets – 6:7 (6:8), 2:6, 6:1, 6:4, 6:7 (11:13). The bookmakers believe that Laszlo Djere will win this match. The probability of such an outcome is 55%.

Aslan Karatsev (Russia) – Lorenzo Sonego (Italy)

July 12

Russian tennis player Aslan Karatsev will perform at the Bostad tournament. Unfortunately, unpleasant rumors appeared around him. The fact is that the German television channel ZDF believes that Karatsev participated in match fixing. Aslan Karatsev played his previous match at the Mallorca grass court tournament. In the second round, Karatsev lost to fellow countryman Daniil Medvedev. Lorenzo Sonego did pretty well at Wimbledon. He reached the third round, where he lost in three sets to the famous Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal – 1:6, 2:6, 4:6. The bookmakers believe that the winner of this match will be Lorenzo Sonego. The probability of such an outcome is 68%.

Hugo Gaston (France) – Nikoloz Basilashvili (Georgia)

July 12

Bad news is also circulating around Nikoloz Basilashvili. He, like Karatsev, is suspected of match-fixing. At Wimbledon, the Georgian tennis player reached the third round. There he lost to the representative of the Netherlands, Tim van Reythoven. Basilashvili was beaten in three sets – 4:6, 3:6, 4:6. Hugo Gaston reached the second round at Wimbledon. There he lost to Italian Lorenzo Sonego in straight sets – 6:7 (4:7), 4:6, 4:6. The bookmakers consider Hugo Gaston the favorite in this match. The probability of his victory over Nikoloz Basilashvili is 53%.

Yaroslav Pyatikh, Athletistic