Dino Prizmic vs Hugo Gaston Co’met Orleans Open Expert Tip: Less Volatile Teenager More Trustworthy in Gritty Match

Dino Prizmic vs Hugo Gaston (Co’met Orleans Open): Monday, September 25th

An even more convincing win from Dennis Novak than I had anticipated on Friday in Austria to bring home our tip to end the week from the men’s side.

With a new week upon us, we still have a few events at the ATP level in progress in China, as the odd Wednesday to Wednesday tournaments continue. We also have four Challenger events kicking off, however, and it’s at the Co’met Open in Orleans, France that we’ll find our match for Monday’s preview.

Let’s break down Dino Prizmic vs Hugo Gaston, a match that promises to provide some scintillating shotmaking and prolonged rallies.

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In this article:

• Dino Prizmic vs Hugo Gaston Expert Tip
• Dino Prizmic Recent Form
• Hugo Gaston Recent Form
• Dino Prizmic vs Hugo Gaston H2H Stat of the Match
• Gamble Responsibly

Dino Prizmic vs Hugo Gaston Expert Tip

With very similar player profiles in this one, I’m going to trust the guy that I think has the much stronger mental game.

Oddly enough, that’s the 18-year-old Prizmic in this case. While both may have supreme rally tolerance and the ability to defend with aplomb, the Frechman can go through spells of inexplicable erratic play, poor body language and has even retired in matches one game from defeat when he looked fine, drawing the ire of fellow players on social media.

With Prizmic also bringing more to the table off of clay courts this year with a more aggressive mindset, along with a bit more pace on the forehand and a first serve that has generated more cheap points, I’ll back him to get through this contest.

• Expert Tip: Prizmic to win at 2.00 with Unibet, using 3/10 stakes.

Odds as at 1:00 am UK Time on September 25th, 2023. Odds may now differ.

Read on for more expert insights.

Dino Prizmic Recent Form

It’s been a sensational year for the youngster from Croatia, as he’s risen all the way up to 170th in the world rankings.

What is even more remarkable is the consistency with which he’s managed to make deep runs in tournaments. With most of the tour down under to start the year, he took advantage by going to indoor Challengers in Portugal, where he qualified and reached the quarterfinals in each of the Oeiras tournaments.

Since then he won an event at the ITF Tour level, made four Challenger quarterfinals on clay, reached the quarters of the ATP Tour event in Umag, Croatia on clay and then won a title on clay in Banja Luka.

Since getting back onto hard courts? He reached the final eight yet again, this time in Istanbul.

When you rack up that many wins, it goes without saying that at least a few of them happen to come against quality opposition. Players like Fabian Maroszan, Damir Dzumhur and Alex Molcan are just three of the stronger names he’s taken out in just the last few tournaments.

Now, to actually talk about his game style. Prizmic first came up to the Challenger Tour as a very defensive minded player. Now, even last season one could tell he was very good when it came to reducing unforced errors and his ball retrieval skills.

It’s tough to really take the next step in men’s tennis employing that style alone though. It’s the addition of a stronger serve and more aggressive approach when he’s left with a ball sitting short in the court that has really impressed me so far in 2023.

That added dimension to his game is the reason why I think he’s managing to win several matches at events on such a consistent basis.

It also means he can match Gaston’s strengths, while also looking to play some offensive tennis of his own in this one.

Hugo Gaston Recent Form

As good as Gaston can be (see: back-to-back Challenger titles in Iasi, Romania and Trieste, Italy in July), he can also disappear in terms of form and body language (see: his streak of losing six of seven matches from mid May through late June).

His game is all about precision and consistency, as he can elicit errors with his spin-heavy groundstrokes, wait out errors with his elite defensive play and unwillingness to miss and even find more points than one may think behind his serve thanks to his spot serving and lefty sliders out wide.

Since leading Adrian Andreev by a set and being tied at 5-5 in the second a few weeks ago, Gaston has failed to win a set and was sent packing from Saint-Tropez with ease by his countryman Constant Lestienne – another crafty, consistent player, which is promising considering Gaston has to deal with that once more on Monday.

Dino Prizmic vs Hugo Gaston H2H – Stat of the Match

There’s no prior meeting between these two, which makes sense since Prizmic is so new to professional tennis.

It’s not really a stat in the first serve percentage or break points converted way, but I think the differential in first-round losses between these two illustrates why I prefer to back the consistency on court as well as the consistency of results, rather than just the former.

Only twice this season has Dino Prizmic been ousted in the opening round of a tournament. One of those was against Richard Gasquet – a longtime high-level ATP Tour pro – which is more than excusable.

Gaston, on the other hand, has exited at the first time of asking from a tournament 12 times so far in 2023. Now, to be fair to him, he does play far more at the main tour level, but there are also some questionable results and Challenger Tour matches mixed in as well.

I simply think backing the player who matches up well, has a bit more dimension to his game and has demonstrated a level closer to his ceiling far more often this year is the smart move.

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