Matthias Bachinger is a player with some momentum as he's sitting at a career high ranking and looking to make more headway.
Dustin Brown and Matthias Bachinger with meet for the first time in a tour level match on Monday evening as the two players go head to head at ATP Newport, a 250 level grass court event in Rhode Island.
Both players represent Germany on tour with Bachinger currently outranking Brown 92 to 114. In their three previous meetings on the ITF level or futures level Brown, who is 6'5", has taken two of three matches down.
A tight match is expected on Monday with Bachinger currently holding more momentum as his current ranking of 92nd is a career high. He played well on grass at a challenger event in Nottingham in the lead-up to Wimbledon not too long ago as he won four matches to make the final (l. to Gilles Muller).
Bachinger enters as a mild favorite with
bet365 at 8/11 while Brown comes in at EVEN odds with the same firm.
The Order of Play for Monday's Center Court at Newport is listed below:
CENTER start 11:00am ET
M Zverev (GER) vs [5] A Bogomolov Jr. (USA)
[6] O Rochus (BEL) vs G Jones (AUS)
B Dabul (ARG) vs [2] G Dimitrov (BUL)
Dustin Brown (GER) vs Matthias Bachinger (GER)
Prediction: Bachinger to win straight up.
