The Sofia tournament precedes ATP Finals and he will be proud to be the last in category 250 before the end of the calendar.
Among the players who have come here to look for a last crown are Felix Auger-Aliassime, which comes after winning the Paris-Bercy doubles title, Alex de Miñaur, Jannik Sinner Y Denis Shapovalov.
In general, it is a tournament where there are quite a few players moving in very similar odds, which denotes great competitiveness and that the market has not opted for any of them.
In these circumstances, the quota stands out 8.5 de Maric Cilic.
The Croatian, champion of the US Open 2014, is a specialist in this type of slopes and of his 18 ATP titles, eight have been indoors. The problem is that it arrives in a terrible confidence crisis, which has led him to not touch silver since Queen’s 2018 and to fall to 41st place in the ranking.
Despite losing two of the three matches he played in consecutive Cologne tournaments, Cilic achieved a great triumph in Paris, defeating Auger-Aliassime and getting the revelation Ugo Humbert in trouble.
Has a simple first round Against a local player located in position 399 in the world, so at least it should reach the second round, where it would be measured against Roberto Carballés or Richard Gasquet, both beatable.
In rooms, the favorite to be on his way is Auger-Aliassime himself, whom he defeated just a week ago, while for the semifinals, Jan-Lennard Struff and John Millman are among the names that appear in the table.
In short, a full Cilic would be very favorite to win this tournament, but under current conditions, the market penalizes you. If you manage to rescue something from the level that it had in the past and it is done strong from the serve, Cilic has many opportunities to break his title drought in Sofia.
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