Alexander Bublik v Marcos Giron Betting Tips [22 May 2023]

Unseeded pair of Alexander Bublik and Marcos Giron will begin their Geneva Open campaign with a first-round battle against each other on Monday. The winner of this match will play second seed Taylor Fritz in the second round. Bublik comes to this match in the best form he has been all year. The Kazakh has won four of his last six matches. He arrives in Geneva after setting a new personal record in Rome with his third-round finish. Bublik has struggled to take charge of his season and currently has a losing record with 18 losses and 11 wins. He starts his second appearance in Geneva ranked 48th in the live ranking. Bublik and Giron have played each other twice before and have each won once. Giron however won their only encounter on clay.

Marcos Giron defeated Bublik in the first round in Rome last year and will hope for the same start to a tournament this time around. The American is also struggling to get a foothold on his season but has fared much better than Bublik. He has his win/loss record split in half with 12 wins and 12 losses from 24 matches played. This is the same on clay with eight matches played on the surface. Giron is currently down one place to number 75 in the live ranking and comes to this match on a two-game losing skid. His latest setback came in the first round in Rome.
 

Giron has defeated Bublik before on clay but the Kazakh has been better on the surface in recent matches. Our prediction for Alexander Bublik v Marcos Giron is for Bublik to win.