The match between Stanislav Vovk and Artem Smirnov has produced a fairly massive line movement.
Vovk opened at $1.55 and has since been backed into as low as $1.25 with pinnacle. Surprisingly, Smirnov is actually ranked higher of the two players, but obviously form and fitness has A LOT to do with the line movement. Smirnov (397th) has played just five games since June, having lost four of them. Of those four, two of them were 6-1, 6-1 and 6-0, 6-0 scorelines in challenger events, while the other two losses both came in futures events, to the 867th and the 964th ranked players (winning a total of just nine games combined in both those losses).
Vovk (532nd) is a 22-year-old who hasn't played in challenger events this year. He is 29-14 on the year in futures, having won nine of his past ten matches, seven of which were in straight sets.
Do those stats alone explain the line movement, or is there something else?
Vovk opened at $1.55 and has since been backed into as low as $1.25 with pinnacle. Surprisingly, Smirnov is actually ranked higher of the two players, but obviously form and fitness has A LOT to do with the line movement. Smirnov (397th) has played just five games since June, having lost four of them. Of those four, two of them were 6-1, 6-1 and 6-0, 6-0 scorelines in challenger events, while the other two losses both came in futures events, to the 867th and the 964th ranked players (winning a total of just nine games combined in both those losses).
Vovk (532nd) is a 22-year-old who hasn't played in challenger events this year. He is 29-14 on the year in futures, having won nine of his past ten matches, seven of which were in straight sets.
Do those stats alone explain the line movement, or is there something else?