D. Lajovic - C. Eubanks

Auckland ATP Qualifiers

Lajovic, the 3rd qualifier, meets the challenger Eubanks. Lajovic may be a grassroots player and doesn't have impressive wins, but he is the better of the two and the former world number 23 is my favourite. Eubanks plays well on the hard surface, has a good serve, but he is a challenger level player and his such a high rating is only because of the challenger tournaments, and in the rhythms of the ATP, the American cannot do anything because he is unstable. Lajovic's days are clearly in the past, but the Serbian has not lost his skill and here I think he has to catch Eubanks' serve, and the American has to play, and at the beginning of the season I think it will be difficult for him to do that. You can simply win with a big odds, but here I choose a safer option

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