Daniel Evans vs Pablo Carreno-Busta 8/13/22 Montreal Tennis Picks, Predictions, Odds

Pablo Carreno-Busta and Daniel Evans meet in the semifinal of the 2022 tennis National Bank Open.

Pablo Carreno-Busta is coming off a straight set win over Jack Draper that took 20 games to decide. In the victory, Carreno-Busta won 70 percent of his first serve points and 60 percent of his second serve points. Carreno-Busta won 67 percent of his total service points and converted on 3 of his 13 break points. Carreno-Busta got 64 percent of his first serves in play and saved 1 of his 2 break points. Carreno-Busta has yet to drop a set this tournament. Carreno-Busta looks to make his second final appearance of the year and his 12th final appearance of his career. Carreno-Busta has never made a final appearance in a Masters 1000. Carreno-Busta has won 5 of his last 6 matches on hard court.

Daniel Evans is coming off a 3 sets win over Tommy Paul that took 26 games to decide. In the victory, Evans won 75 percent of his first serve points and 41 percent of his second serve points. Evans won 63 percent of his total service points and converted on 2 of his 4 break points. Evans got 64 percent of his first serves in play and saved 6 of his 8 break points. Evans has won 4 of his last 5 matches that have gone the distance. Evans looks to make his first final appearance since the 2021 Murray River Open. Evans looks to make his fourth final appearance of his career. Evans has won 6 of his last 7 matches on hard court. 

There’s no match history between these 2 players.

You can make a case for either player here, but it’s fair to say Evans is the more trustworthy player on hard court. Evans has also proven time and time again he’s capable of grinding out matches despite not playing his absolute best. Carreno-Busta has had issues with his serve at times and gave his last opponent countless looks at break points. Evans likely takes advantage of that.

Give me Evans to make the final.