ATP Sofia Open 2020: Taro Daniel vs Aslan Karatsev Preview, Head-to-Head and Prediction

ATP Sofia Open 2020: Taro Daniel vs Aslan Karatsev Preview, Head-to-Head and Prediction

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Taro Daniel and Aslan Karatsev

Taro Daniel will play against Aslan Karatsev in the first round of the 2020 Sofia Open. They have never played against each other before.

Match Details:

  • Date: 9th November 2020
  • Tournament: ATP Sofia Open 2020
  • Match: Taro Daniel vs Aslan Karatsev
  • Round: Round of 32
  • Venue: Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Category: ATP 250
  • Surface: Indoor Hard-Court
  • Prize Money: Approx. Approx. €325,615

Taro Daniel vs Aslan Karatsev: Match Preview

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Taro Daniel

Japanese Taro Daniel and Russian Aslan Karatsev are both players with neighboring world rankings – 115 and 114 respectively.

Taro Daniel has found much more success on the Challenger Tour than on the ATP Tour and has yet to transition to the latter. The 27-year-old has won two Challenger events this year, most recently the one at Hamburg. However, all his wins came against much lower-ranked opponents in both tournaments, so he didn’t face much competition. In ATP Tour events, he has only made the main draw in four events this year. His best performance was at Pune, making the second round of the tournament. He also made a main draw appearance at the US Open, losing in the first round to Gregoire Barrere.

His opponent will be Aslan Karatsev. The Russian is on a similar run as Daniel, having better fortunes on the Challenger circuit. He has also won two Challenger events this year, at Prague and Ostrava. Karatsev has made the main draw of ATP Tour tournaments only thrice in 2020, winning once. His best run was at the St. Petersburg Open, where he defeated the higher-ranked Tennys Sandgren, and even took Karen Khachanov to three sets before falling short of another upset.

Taro Daniel vs Aslan Karatsev: Head-to-Head

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Aslan Karatsev

This two players have never met each other on tour. Thus, the head-to-head stands at 0-0.

Taro Daniel vs Aslan Karatsev: Match Prediction

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Aslan Karatsev after winning the Ostrava Challenger event

Both players are evenly-matched and have very similar records in 2020. However, Karatsev has a slight edge due to his recent match practice. He participated in the Astana Open, where he made it to the first round after two comfortable victories in qualifying.

However, given the equal caliber of the two, it will not be a straightforward match; expect it to stretch to three sets.

Match Prediction: Aslan Karatsev to win in three sets against Taro Daniel.

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