Marin Cilic vs. Jonas Forejtek – Prediction – ATP Sofia (Bulgaria) 9.11.2020

H2H: Marin Cilic v Jonas Forejtek – comparison.

Marin Cilic deservedly starts as the firm favorite, but he will have to be at the top of his game to avoid an upset at the hands of the talented and competent Jonas Forejtek.

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Marin Cilic had a couple of encouraging outings in Paris Masters last week as he defeated the talented Felix Auger Aliassime in the first round, received a walkover from Corentin Moutet in the second, and took a set off the in-form Ugo Humbert in the round of 16. Former world #3 Marin Cilic continues to struggle on the main tour, and he is yet to make even a quarterfinal appearance this year. For context, with 25 wins from 44 outings, 2019 was considered one of the worst seasons of the Croatian’s career, and he still managed to post three quarterfinals (or better) results in those 12 months.

The big-serving Marin Cilic competed in three indoor hard court tournaments over the last few weeks, and things did not change much for him as he was taken to the distance by the relatively inexperienced Marcos Giron in Cologne and lost to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Steve Johnson in the following match. Marin Cilic now makes his debut in Sofia this week as he looks to bag a few wins and end the season on a positive note.

Jonas Forejtek seems to be getting his first big opportunity at the wrong time as he is currently on a three-match losing streak and looked far from his best in those three matches against Sebastian Baez, the struggling Valentin Royer, and Jesper De Jong. That said, the talented Czech rested for a few weeks, and it will be interesting to see if he will be able to deliver his best performance this Monday, which is good enough to win matches at this level. The 19-year-old Jonas Forejtek, who won the US Open Boys’ Singles title and Australian Open Boys’ Doubles title in 2019, has won 59 matches since the start of the 2019 season, which earned him two ITF titles and two in the exhibition events during the tour suspension, where he defeated the likes of Zdenek Kolar and Vaclav Safranek.

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