Wimbledon - De Minaur v Cecchinato

Another one of those matches where you can make a decent guess about who will rock up and serve first - and this one should almost certainly see Marco Cecchinato with ball in hand at the start of the match.

That means Alex de Minaur will be serving on even numbered games in all likelihood. The young Australian has made steady progress up the rankings and is now into the top-30, and these two met in the first round here last year as well, with de Minaur prevailing over four sets in that one.

De Minaur has a 27-13 career record on grass, which compares beautifully to Marco Cecchinato's 2-6 record. The Italian is a slow court merchant in the truest sense - he's played no fewer than 502 of his 600 career matches on clay!

De Minaur should repeat his 2018 triumph and the value looks to be in backing him to win 6-4 or 6-2.

1pt De Minaur to win 1st Set 6-4 at 4/1 (Betfair)

1pt De Minuar to win 1st Set 6-2 at 15/2 (Ladbrokes)

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