The 43rd-ranked Marin Cilic will be up against Czech wildcard entrant and world number 399 Jonas Forejtek in the first round of the 2020 Sofia Open. The match is expected to be played on Monday, November 9 with the time yet to be decided. Below you can find live streaming options of this Marin Cilic v Jonas Forejtek match along with its preview, head to head, and tips.
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Marin Cilic v Jonas Forejtek Head to Head
This will be the first meeting between Cilic and Forejtek.
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Cilic Coming off Paris Third Round
Facing an in-form Felix Auger-Aliassime in the first round of the Paris Masters, Cilic was 2/1 to win the encounter. And in a stunning turn of events, he scooped up the first set of that match to love.
While Auger-Aliassime recovered to level the proceedings, a now-confident Cilic came back to complete a three-set victory and make it to the second. In the second, he went in as a favourite and was then aided by the withdrawal of Corentin Moutet because of an injury.
Ugo Humbert took over Cilic in the third round there but not before the eighth seed here in Sofia had given the two-time ATP 2020 winner a scare. Cilic overturned a set deficit to take the match into a third before falling to his French opponent.
That result came on the back of a generally underwhelming season which has seen him make the fourth round at the Australian Open and the third at the US Open as his top performances in 2020.
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Teenager Forejtek Improving Quickly
19-year-old Forejtek was ranked 1515 in the world two years ago but over this period he has improved enough to break into the top 400. In both, the last and this season, he has won a Futures tournament, while also having clinched a couple of exhibition tournaments during the pandemic break.
In more recent times, Forejtek lost in the first round of back to back Futures competitions and that was down to his surface preferences. The Czech is a clay court specialist, opting to barely play on non-clay surfaces – this season he has featured in 41 matches on the red dirt and only 11 elsewhere.
Which is why on the indoor courts of this Sofia Open, he might find things a tad tougher than usual against a player who has won a Grand Slam in the past and is still a top-50 player.
Cilic v Forejtek Prediction And Tip
Cilic is an unsurprising heavy favourite here, starting out at 1/8 to win this and 2/5 to do that in straight sets. The most plausible result by the looks of thigs.
Tip: Cilic to win in straight sets: 2/5 (bet365)
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The 2020 Sofia Open will be played from November 9 to November 15. You can watch & bet on the Sofia Masters here. Get your latest premium tennis predictions here.
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