Botic van de Zandschulp vs Ilya Ivashka Pick – Tennis Predictions & Odds 2/20/23

Botic van de Zandschulp will meet Ilya Ivashka in the First Round of the 2023 Qatar Open. The match will be played on Monday February 20th, 2023.

Botic van de Zandschulp is the 8th seed here at the Qatar Open and is ranked 35th in the world. The Dutchman has a career high ranking of 22, and has been very consistent over the past few seasons, especially at the ATP 250 level. He has not started the year particularly well with a 4-3 record including 3-2 on hard courts, and will be hoping for a strong result here. His opponent here Ilya Ivashka is a solid player and he will have to be at his best here.

Ilya Ivashka is not seeded here at the Qatar Open and is ranked 77th in the world. He is a very talented but inconsistent player, and his erratic results have seen him drop out of the top 50. He has started 2023 very poorly and has failed to win a match at this level so far, and will face a difficult opponent in the First Round in Botic van de Zandschulp.

This seems like a close match on the surface, but when you examine their recent form it is clear that Botic van de Zandschulp has the upper hand. He leads the head to head 1-0, and Ilya Ivashka hasn’t won a match for the year. Ivashka is talented enough to cause the upset, but all signs point towards van de Zandschulp getting the victory here at the Qatar Open.