Barcelona Open: Khachanov vs Jarry Tennis Prediction & Pick

TennisSection previews the 2023 Barcelona Open second-round match featuring Karen Khachanov vs Nicolas Jarry on Wednesday, April 19, 2023.

Khachanov vs Jarry Match Preview and Prediction

Sixth seed Karen Khachanov faces an intimidating and an in-form Nicolas Jarry in the second round of the Barcelona Open. Who will prevail?

Karen Khachanov’s first tournament on clay wasn’t all bad, with the Russian power hitter digging out a couple of routine straight sets wins in Monte Carlo before bowing out to the overall tournament winner Andrey Rublev. The 26-year-old has tallied 15 wins from 22 matches and is on the verge of re-entering the top 10 once more. Can he produce another deep run at the Barcelona Open starting with a win over in-form Nicolas Jarry?

In-form Nicolas Jarry improved to 18-6 for the season with a 7-5, 6-3 win over qualifier Marco Trungelliti. He registered a very high percentage of points won behind his first serve and was only broken once in the match. At the same time, he was aggressive on the return, fashioning eight break points and converting three. He now has 11 main draw wins on clay and will look to record his third top-20 win of 2023 against Karen Khachanov at the Barcelona Open.

Khachanov vs Jarry Prediction and Pick

Karen Khachanov leads Nicolas Jarry 1-0 in their head-to-head, winning their 2017 French Open round one match in four sets. I don’t expect a lot of running here with both players very capable of picking their spots from any part of the court. Jarry is the form of his life and he can almost smell a top 50 spot once again. He’s extracting too much juice out of these top players on clay this season. At -162 to win a set looks like an absolute steal for the Chilean.