Duell at eye level for Struffi?

With the Grand Slam tournaments getting longer, there have hardly been any German cracks in the field recently. At Wimbledon, it remains to be hoped that some DTB players will be active in the tournament for a long time. The first matches of the second round will take place on Wednesday and our Zhizhen Zhang vs Jan-Lennard Struff betting tip shows that the Warstein native definitely has what it takes to serve out the third round on Church Road.

In terms of the world rankings, the Chinese player is the slight favorite in this match. Zhizhen Zhang has only just made it into the seeding list, while Jan-Lennard Struff just missed out. However, this has less to do with the German’s recent poor performance and more to do with the fact that he was unable to defend his points from last year, when he was particularly strong on clay.

Now 27 years old, it took a long time for the Chinese player to make his big breakthrough on the ATP Tour. It wasn’t until 2023 that he made the decisive steps forward in the world rankings. This also means that he is in the main draw at Wimbledon for only the third time and won his first match on the supposedly sacred grass on Church Road on Monday

Struffi, on the other hand, is celebrating his anniversary at Wimbledon this year. The 34-year-old will be competing at the world’s most important tennis tournament for the tenth time. But his record is hardly impressive. With 6:9 victories, his statistics on Church Road are clearly negative. However, between Zhizhen Zhang and Jan-Lennard Struff, we would venture to predict that the German will progress to the next round and check the odds in the Bwin app accordingly

Zhizhen Zhang – Statistics & current form

Current world ranking position: 38
Position in the seeding list: 32

Zhizhen Zhang is a player whose career is on a constant upward trajectory, albeit not a particularly rapid one. In small steps, the Chinese player has managed to reach the seeding list at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. However, this does not mean that he will advance far in the tournament. With his success on Monday over French qualifier Maxime Janvier, he celebrated his first win at Church Road

Easy gallop in round one

Not only that, the victory over the Frenchman was completely unchallenged. The Chinese player only had to go into a tie-break in the first set. Nevertheless, after a little less than two hours it was enough for a 7:6, 6:3 and 6:2. Accordingly, the 27-year-old was able to save some energy. However, his stats didn’t look particularly strong in this match, so it will be difficult to reach the third round in this condition

The first serve was only 60 percent. His German opponent will certainly attack. Nevertheless, the Chinese player hit 37 winners, which is a very good number in three sets. On balance, however, we think that the odds on a win for the Warstein player are more interesting in the duel between Zhizhen Zhang and Jan-Lennard Struff

However, the Chinese player should also be treated with a certain amount of caution. Although he lost to Dominik Köpfer in the first round in Stuttgart, he improved a week later in Halle, beating Sebastian Ofner and Daniil Medvedev, among others. Incidentally, the latter could be waiting in the third round on Friday. Zhizhen Zhang only had to concede defeat to the world number one in the semi-finals

Jan-Lennard Struff – statistics & current form

Current world ranking: 41
Position in the seeding list: unseeded

With Jan-Lennard Struff, you get the feeling that he is playing better and better tennis as he gets older. A few weeks ago, after more than 200 attempts, he finally won his first tournament on the ATP Tour, and then in front of his own fans in Munich. What’s more, the man from Warstein has confidently punched his ticket for the Olympic Games and will most likely compete in singles and doubles in Paris, either with Dominik Köpfer or Alexander Zverev.

Superb start after initial problems

So things couldn’t be going much better at the moment. Although grass is not his preferred surface, after the 34-year-old had to retire injured in Stuttgart, things still went very well in Halle. First there was a win against Stefanos Tsitsipas. Struff then had Jannik Sinner on the brink of defeat, but was narrowly beaten in three sets in the quarter-finals

In Wimbledon, the player from Warstein also had slight adjustment problems, but then things went very smoothly against the Hungarian Fabian Marozsan. After falling behind, Jan-Lennard Struff took the first set 6:4, but had to concede the second in a tie-break. From then on, however, the German was absolutely in the flow, which was also due to the fact that his Hungarian opponent visibly deteriorated.

The German’s service was not even that outstanding. However, when he hit the first serve, he won the point 82 percent of the time. All in all, Struff hit a strong 60 winners, but 43 unforced errors are clearly too many if you want to go far. We think the statistics will be a little better on Wednesday and stick to our prediction of a win for Zhizhen Zhang against Jan-Lennard Struff

Zhizhen Zhang – Jan-Lennard Struff Direct comparison / H2H result

For a long time, Zhizhen Zhang and Jan-Lennard Struff avoided each other. But then they played two matches in quick succession last year. The first encounter was in the second qualifying round at the Masters in Miami. The player from Warstein won relatively easily with 6:4 and 6:2. The first reunion was then to take place on grass,

This match took place in the first round of the ATP tournament in Stuttgart. Struff again won relatively easily with 6:1 and 6:4. This means that the German has not only won both matches, but has also not yet lost a set to the Chinese player

Zhizhen Zhang – Jan-Lennard Struff betting tip

Perhaps the Chinese player’s knot has now burst with his victory over Maxime Janvier. After all, he was able to celebrate his first match success at Wimbledon. The man from China may have found his love for grass courts this season with good results in Halle and now at Wimbledon.

Jan-Lennard Struff has not yet had a close relationship with grass courts either. Perhaps that will change as he gets older. The Warstein native is in very good shape and has achieved great results in recent weeks and months. We believe that he will also be successful on Wednesday and are inclined to bet a Bet-at-Home voucher on a victory for the German in the match between Zhizhen Zhang and Jan-Lennard Struff.

The two direct duels have shown that the 34-year-old from Warstein gets on well with the Chinese player. He won both matches without losing a set. Perhaps he can do the same in the second round of Wimbledon, even if he needs three sets to win. However, we think it’s a bit safer to go for a match handicap, which is why we’re playing the odds on a win for the German (-4.5 games) between Zhizhen Zhang and Jan-Lennard Struff