Both strong progressing tennis players. Tagger - 17 years old, stands out for her great stability even at a young age, plays well on clay surfaces in Europe, but can also play decently on hard courts, a good fighter with a lot of endurance, able to win matches even after three sets, has a lot of power, strong strokes. Last year, she already reached a decent challenger final on hard courts in China; before that, she had beaten Cocciaretto E., Korpatsch T., and Golubic V.
Tararudee Lanlana - 21 years old from Thailand also looks good on hard courts, plays tactically well, but according to Australian Open statistics, has a low percentage of first serves, and her second serve is significantly weaker, so it is likely that Tagger will try to attack it.
Vengras solidus [here "solidus" means "solid", "stable"] hard court tennis player, and although he lacks stability to become a TOP 20 tennis player, he has the mastery for it. Now already a solid tournament, where he defeated well-known Monfils and Ruud, shows how good of a form the Lithuanian is in, and in such form, he is very dangerous. The American [player], on the other hand, is not aiming for such level, and even the match accompanied by luck with Borges [referring to a match they had], I believe, has already used up all of his wishes. All in all, the stronger and in good form Fabian has what it takes to win against him in a match between them.
Even though Indus is better for today, the odds for the Brit are tempting. The Brit enjoys a hard race and performs well, even at a lower level. Last season, a lot of Peru was gathered and so far it looks really good. Even though Indus has talent, he often lacks something and is not very reliable. Here 3 to 1 for the Brit suits me well.
Trungelitti, as always, plays above his abilities in the qualifiers, but he is significantly better here. He has a strong serve, and his form seems to be good. Trungis hasn't beaten anyone good here. He is playing against a local average player and Rocha, who is not a good hard court player. Therefore, the Portuguese player seems like a reliable option to me. I'm trying to go for a handicap bet.
The second worst team in the league is hosting the second best team at home. After tragic matches and a crushing defeat, Vytis has to recover against the worst team of this season's NKL on an away game in Plungė. Despite having lost consistently with large margins on away games this season, Plungė's team must continue their poor streak, as Vytis will be playing in Šakiai Arena, where they also perform well. After a string of poor matches, I believe Vytis will bounce back and easily defeat one of the underdogs.
-15 goal difference Augsburg is fighting for survival, and I believe that Union shouldn't lose in vain. This season, Augsburg has only won 4 times out of 16 league matches, while Union has lost only 6 times in the same number of games. Even though Union is my favorite in this match, I think the game should end in a tie. With Union arriving in good form, I believe they should not lose against a seemingly weak Augsburg in this season.
8 consecutive home games for the Dubai team ended with a higher total points sum than expected. Dubai is the second most productive team in the league, averaging 93.1 points when playing at home. While Virtus is not a consistent offensive team, when playing in Dubai, everyone plays a fast-paced game with a high scoring rate. Virtus has potential on offense and I believe it will be shown, but they will need to adjust to Dubai's aggressive style for the total points to increase.
Having reached their peak form, Monaco is now able to demonstrate better basketball in Europe than ever before. With 5 wins in a row, including defeating Real Madrid and breaking Valencia's impressive winning streak, they have proven themselves on the court. Now they are headed to Paris to face a team that is closer to the bottom than to the playoffs, and I believe Monaco's current form will lead them to victory. They have already beaten Paris 3-0 this season, on all fronts, with each win by a margin of 5 or more points. There are no new injuries, although it is unclear if Theis will play, but I believe Monaco can overcome this loss against Valencia in this match.
The fantastic revenge against Zvezda was, now it's time for revenge against Maccabi. I believe conclusions will be made after analyzing that painful loss in Kaunas. We will work on defense and Cisco will be aggressive in offense, even when Goss and enough time to shine are missing. With decreased rotation, only the best defenders will come in handy for Zalgiris. We have seen this before when Goss was injured. Maccabi doesn't seem as confident lately, with 3 losses in the Euroleague, so it's necessary to take advantage of this weaker team if we are still thinking about making it to the playoffs.