Ramos Vinolas vs Pouille: who will advance to the next round?
Albert Ramos Vinolas faces Lucas Pouille in the first round of the 2021 US Open on Tuesday, August 31. Pouilie hasn't defeated Ramos Vinolas since 2015. What are his chances at the US Open? We made predictions for this fixture, which you can find below.

Command Analysis

Albert Ramos-Vinolas

Ramos Vinolas looked fantastic at the beginning of the year on clay courts. The Spaniard was the runner-up at the tournament in Cordoba and won the competition in Estoril. But on hard, he is not doing so well. In total, he played eight matches on this surface in 2021 and got two victories. However, in the most recent matches, Ramos Vinolas managed to win sets from Marin Cilic and Matteo Berrettini and also defeated Taylor Fritz.

Lucas Pouille

Pouille hasn't found his game since returning to the tour. The former World№10 was eliminated in the first or second round of every tournament this year, except for the Monte Carlo Open, where he reached the third round. Pouille's last appearance was at Winston-Salem, where he successfully passed the qualifying rounds and defeated Darian King and Noah Rubin. In the main draw, the French tennis player won over Feliciano Lopez in the first round (6-1, 6-4), but then was defeated by Daniel Evans (6-3, 4-6, 1-6).
Trends
СтавкаBoth players to win a set - yes
The opponents exchanged winning sets in 4 out of 5 head-to-head matches.

Ставка1st set: total under 9.5 games
In 4 of the last 5 head-to-head matches, no more than nine games were played in the first set.

Tip and bets
Pouille is in poor form, and Ramos Vinolas never performs well on hard. We think that neither player will be able to get an easy pass to the next round. An exchange of winning sets seems likely, so we suggest betting on the total over. In 4 out of 5 head-to-head meetings, the opponents played the maximum number of sets.
Our prediction - total over 35.5 games.
Ramos Vinolas is a very inconvenient opponent for Pouille. Even in his best years, he lost to the Spaniard. Pouille is out of form, and we think that Ramos Vinolas can eke a win here.
Second wager - Ramos Vinolas to win.