Athletistic/Tennis. On Monday, July 18, a new week begins. And that means new tennis tournaments are starting. There is still plenty of time before the US Open. Therefore, it is worth taking advantage of ATP and WTA category tournaments. One of them has already started in Hamburg, Germany. In it, the men and women will compete for the title. The tournament has already started on Sunday July 17. Unfortunately, the Russian Daria Kasatkina was beaten by the representative of the Czech Republic Katerzhina Sinyakova. However, many first-round matches will take place on Monday. We suggest you to study the predictions of these matches.

Jan-Lennard Struff (Germany) – Karen Khachanov (Russia)
For the German, this is the first match since Wimbledon. Thereupon, Struff failed to overcome the first round. He lost to Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz. Karen Khachanov also did not go to court for a long time. The last tournament with his participation took place in Halle in June. Khachanov reached the 1/4 finals there. In the first round, he beat another Russian, Aslan Karatsev, and in the second, a Serb, Laszlo Dzhere. In the 1/4 finals, Karen Khachanov lost against the representative of Germany, Oscar Otta. As for this tournament, the bookmakers believe that the Russian will be able to overcome the first round. The probability of his victory over the German is 56%.

Anna Kalinskaya (Russia) – Magdalena Frekh (Poland)

Anna Kalinskaya participated in the Lausanne tournament last week. In the first round, she dominated the famous Slovenian tennis player Tamara Zidansek. However, in the second round, Kalinskaya lost to Serbian representative Olga Danilovich. For Magdalena Frech, the Hamburg tournament will be the first after Wimbledon. In London, the polka reached the third round. In the first two rounds, she defeated Italian tennis player Camila Giorgi and Slovakian representative Anna Shmidlova. In the third round, Magdalena Frech lost to Romanian Simona Halep. Bookmakers believe that Anna Kalinskaya will not be able to reach the second round. The probability of Magdalena Frech winning is 57%.

Anastasia Potapova (Russia) – Varvara Gracheva (Russia)

Anastasia Potapova performed last week at a tournament in Lausanne, Switzerland. She showed a good result and reached the final. In the first round, the Russian woman defeated the representative of Italy, Lucia Bronzetti. In the second round, she beat Romanian Irina Bega. In the quarter-finals, Potapova defeated Germany’s representative Jule Niemeyer. In the semifinals, the Russian woman lost to the representative of Serbia, Olga Danilovich. Varvara Gracheva also participated in this tournament. However, she has already been beaten in the first round. She lost to the representative of Germany, Eva Lis. The bookmakers consider Anastasia Potapova as the favorite in this match. She has a 75% chance of winning.

Yaroslav Pyatikh, Athletistic