Carballes Baena vs Sinner: prediction for the Roland Garros match
Roberto Carballes Baena goes against Jannik Sinner in the second round of the 2022 French Open. Who will progress to the next round? Here's our prediction.

Command Analysis

Roberto Carballes Baena

Roberto Carballes Baena's first match at the current Major turned out quite difficult. It took the Spanish athlete five sets and almost four hours to defeat Oscar Otte (7-6, 6-1, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3). Just before the start of the Paris Major, Carballes Baena won the Challenger in Tunisia; he defeated Gijs Brouwer (6-1, 6-1) in the final.

Jannik Sinner

Jannik Sinner defeated Bjorn Fratangelo (6-3, 6-2, 6-3) in the first round of the French Open. The young Italian athlete has celebrated success in nine matches on clay in 2022, and in three matches he suffered defeats. Before the Paris Major, Sinner reached the quarterfinals of the tournament in Rome, where he lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas (6-7, 2-6).
Trends
СтавкаTie-break - no
Carballes Baena has played 1 tie-break in his last 5 matches.

Ставка1st set: total under 9.5
In 3 of Sinner's last 5 matches, under 9 games were played in the first set.

Tip and bets
Sinner is a better player on paper - he is ranked 12th in the world, while Carballes Baena is only 89th. Usually, the Spaniard delivers his best results at challengers, but not at biggesr tournaments, especially the Majors. We predict a landslide victory for Sinner in this match.
Our prediction - handicap (-8) to Sinner
This year, Sinner has reached the quarterfinals in Monte Carlo and in Rome, and also played in the last 16 in Madrid. We believe he will show a solid result in Paris and make short work of his opponent in the second round.
Second prediction - total under 32 games