St Petersburg Open
The end-of-season, European indoor swing begins this week with two such tournaments taking place, the biggest of which is staged in St Petersburg.
Usually a 250-level event (250 ranking points to the winner), this year it has been upgraded to 500 level – another knock-on effect of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It has subsequently attracted a strong field, one led by home star and world number five Daniil Medvedev.
He won here in 2019 during a superb run of form which saw him reach six successive ATP finals.
However, it’s now a full year since his last title, while his indoor record since victory at the Sibur Arena is a woeful 1-7.
The recent claycourt campaign brought two first-round losses.
We know he has the talent to win here again but in a better-quality field than 13 months ago, I’m not interested in the 3/1 on offer, particularly given a potentially-awkward start which sees Richard Gasquet up in round one followed by a meeting with either Jannik Sinner, a quarter-finalist at Roland Garros, or the big-serving Reilly Opelka, always a threat indoors.
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