🎾 ATP Bucharest: Misolic vs Cobolli

🎾 ATP Bucharest: Misolic vs Cobolli – Match Preview

🧠 Form & Context

🇦🇹 Filip Misolic

• 🟢 In great form: 18–8 in 2025, including a 7–3 record on clay.
• 🔙 Clay natural: Career 148–76 on clay, with a grinding baseline game that thrives on slower surfaces.
• 📈 Strong ATP week: Wins over Carabelli, Shevchenko, and Blanchet to reach the quarterfinals.
• 👊 H2H edge: Defeated Cobolli in straight sets on clay back in 2020.

🇮🇹 Flavio Cobolli

• 🎢 Mixed 2025: Just 4–9 this season, but broke a losing streak with a three-set win over Gasquet in R1.
• 🧱 Clay pedigree: 134–89 career record on clay, with most Challenger success coming on dirt.
• ⚠️ Volatile form: Suffered losses to Spizzirri, Nishikori, and Tirante in March; rhythm still questionable.
• 📍 Bucharest debut: First main draw appearance at this event; less acclimated to local conditions.

🔍 Match Breakdown

This clash features two clay-court grinders with contrasting recent form. Misolic enters with confidence after three clinical wins in Bucharest. He’s built for these conditions—mentally tough, physically durable, and tactically sharp on clay.

Cobolli has the bigger game and a higher tour ceiling but lacks the same consistency. His forehand can do damage, but unforced errors and poor shot selection have plagued him during key moments this year.

Expect Misolic to target Cobolli’s backhand, extend rallies, and push the Italian into uncomfortable positions. If Cobolli starts hot, this could be tight—but over the course of a match, Misolic’s patience and reliability give him the edge.

🔮 Prediction

Pick: Filip Misolic to win

Form, confidence, and matchup history all favor the Austrian. Unless Cobolli finds top gear early and sustains it, Misolic’s consistency on clay should carry him through.