ATP Tennis Betting Picks – Paris Masters Day 2

The second day of the Rolex Paris Masters brings the remainder of the event’s first round matches. It also brings a smattering of second round affairs as well. Included in the latter group is an exciting match between Pablo Carreno-Busta and Jan-Lennard Struff. The Spanish and German players are both hoping to get a second straight win in Paris to build some form indoors. They are the focus of today’s tennis betting picks.

Pablo Carreno-Busta was one of the hottest players on tour following his performances in the US Open and French Open. But the Spaniard has had some trouble during this recent indoor hard court swing. He has won two matches and lost two matches indoors so far. And one of those wins came via the retirement of Gael Monfils in his first match in Vienna. This match gives him a chance to get back above .500 during this indoor swing.

Carreno-Busta gave away an early break in the first round of this tournament against Frenchman Hugo Gaston. After that, the Spaniard earned four breaks and gave none away in what turned into an easy straight sets victory. Struff’s serve will likely be tougher to break for Carreno-Busta. But his rock-solid groundstrokes from the back of the court will keep him in points throughout this contest.

German Jan-Lennard Struff has also struggled on the indoor hard courts since the tour restart. He is 2-3 indoors over the last few weeks, with some unimpressive wins during that time. His two victories came against clay court specialist Marco Cecchinato and a player dealing with some unsavory off-court issues in Nikoloz Basilashvili. The level of competition ramps up significantly for Struff in this match.

If Struff is going to get through Carreno-Busta in this match, he is going to need his first serve to be on point. Struff had 14 aces against Basilashvili in the first round. He was able to get himself out of some trouble with that serve in a few service games as well. Trading shots from the baseline with Carreno-Busta is not an enviable task for any player, and Struff will want to avoid those situations as much as possible in this contest.

These two players have squared off in five matches over the course of their careers. Carreno-Busta leads the all-time series 3-2, but the pair have split their two matches on hard courts. Given their recent form, Carreno-Busta is the deserved favorite in this match. With a short games line in this match, laying the 1.5 service games with the Spaniard is the way to go, especially with Carreno-Busta still holding out hope to make the tour finals in a couple of weeks.