Quentin Halys #48France22 – 1Alexander Blockx #28Belgium1

Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Market price 2.20

The read

Halys has the heavier serve and by far the better first-set record in the best-of-three hard-court evidence, which just outweighs the ranking gap.

• Halys 9-6 in his last 15 matches and 6-6 on hard in the current window
• Halys won the first set in 8 of 10 hard best-of-three matches, averaging 6.0 games to 3.7
• Hard serve line: 82.7% first-serve points won, 14.6 aces per match, 74.7% break points saved
• Blockx is 5-3 on hard but 1-3 in the four best-of-three hard matches with set detail

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The read

Second sets in this pairing have consistently gone long, often to tiebreaks, so ten or more games is clearly the likelier outcome.

• Halys's second sets average 11.6 total games, with 6 tiebreaks in 10
• Blockx's second sets average 10.75 games
• Both players' second-set averages sit above 10 games

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The read

Halys has rarely been beaten heavily on this surface, so staying within one game of the opposing margin is a modest requirement.

• Halys game margins in his six listed hard matches: +3, 0, +6, -3, -2, -3
• Even his losses to De Minaur (17-17) and Auger-Aliassime (15-17) were within a few games
• Blockx's two best-of-three hard matches finished 12-14 and 16-18

Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Market price 2.05

The read

Halys's recent hard-court matches have regularly run beyond 25 games and Blockx's most recent match reached 26, so a long match is the likelier shape.

• Halys averages 27.6 total games in hard best-of-three matches
• Halys averages 141 minutes per hard-court match
• Blockx averages 24.5 total games in his hard best-of-three sample

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The read

The first sets of both players tend to run into double figures, so ten or more games is a slight favourite.

• Halys's first sets average 9.7 total games on hard
• Blockx's first sets average 10.75 games in his hard best-of-three sample
• 2 of Halys's 10 first sets and 1 of Blockx's 4 went to tiebreaks

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The read

Halys has a slight edge in second sets and has competed well in tight ones on this surface.

• Halys is 6-4 in second sets across his hard best-of-three sample
• Halys's second sets average 11.6 games, with six tiebreaks in ten
• Blockx is 2-2 in second sets in his four best-of-three hard matches

Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Near coin-flip · Market price 2.20

The read

Both players' recent hard-court matches have often needed a third set, and the match looks close on paper.

• 7 of 14 combined hard best-of-three matches went to a deciding set
• Halys: 6 of 10; Blockx: 1 of 4
• Halys averages 2.6 sets per hard best-of-three match

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The read

Halys's matches almost always contain a tiebreak on this surface, and both players hold serve well enough to force one.

• A tiebreak appeared in 9 of Halys's 10 hard best-of-three matches
• Blockx's four best-of-three hard matches produced one tiebreak
• Halys's second sets alone produced 6 tiebreaks in 10