Tennis Picks 2022 (April 9th)

A couple of the Tennis Picks returned as losses on Friday, but both players had won the first set in those matches so the feeling was that the research and identification of selections were on the right track.

Thankfully four of the six Tennis Picks came back as winners and that has turned this week around after a horrific 0-4 start.

The four tournaments being played this week are concluded over the weekend, while the Monte Carlo Masters begins on Sunday. That is the next big stop on the Tour, although only for the ATP players with this week being an empty one at the WTA Tour level with Fed Cup matches scheduled next weekend.

I am hoping to put some momentum behind the Tennis Picks into the next week on the tough slog of a Tour by putting together another winning day.

Laslo Djere - 1.5 games v Alex Molcan: Both of these players have put together a strong tournament in Marrakech and there is a real opportunity in front of them to win an ATP Tour title.

Alex Molcan and Laslo Djere are comfortable clay court players and that should make this a close Semi Final.

However, I am leaning towards Laslo Djere to get the better of Alex Molcan having produced the much stronger numbers in the tournament so far. The serve has been a particular weapon for Laslo Djere who has held 89% of his service games played and that has allowed the Serbian to play with the freedom on the return that has led to breaks in 40% of return games played.

Those are very impressive numbers and will certainly give Alex Molcan something to think about if Laslo Djere can produce his best tennis here.

The left handed Slovakian has played well in the tournament, but Alex Molcan is holding 81% of service games and breaking in 27% of return games played in Marrakech. That certainly will need to be improved to win this Semi Final, while I think it is difficult to ignore the fact that Alex Molcan has largely struggled with the step up to take on top 100 Ranked opponents on this surface.

He has beaten a couple of those this week, but Alex Molcan has been forced to dig deep and spend plenty of time on the court in the wins over Felix Auger-Aliassime and Botic Van De Zandschlup.

That could also be a factor in the Semi Final coupled with the very strong performances that Laslo Djere has put on the board and I do think he can reach another ATP Final on the clay courts. If he continues to serve as well as he has been, I think Laslo Djere will have enough to move past Alex Molcan.

MY PICKS: Laslo Djere - 1.5 Games @ 1.91 Bet Fred (2 Units)

Reilly Opelka @ 2.50 Bet365 (2 Units)

John Isner @ 1.90 Bet365 (2 Units)

Ekaterina Alexandrova @ 2.37 Bet Fred (2 Units)

Ons Jabeur @ 1.91 Bet Fred (2 Units)

Weekly Update: 9-7, + 1.74 Units (32 Units Staked, + 5.44% Yield)