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JJ Wolf vs Kyle Edmund: Columbus Challenger – First round

American JJ Wolf will take on Kyle Edmund in the opening round of the Columbus Challenger.

JJ Wolf Profile

JJ Wolf is 170th in the ATP rankings and his career-high was No. 39 in the world. The American is 13-22 for the season and 7-13 on hard surface.

This will be his first match after losing in the second qualifying round of the US Open against Quentin Halys.

Wolf reached a couple of quarterfinals this season in Bloomfield Hills and Turin.

In 2019, he made it to the finals in Columbus where he lost to Peter Polansky.

Kyle Edmund Profile

Former world No. 14 Kyle Edmund is currently 417th in the ATP rankings. The Brit is 29-20 for the season and 8-7 on hard surface.

Edmund is coming off a 7-6, 6-0 win in the second qualifying round against Tyler Zink.

Edmund’s best result this season is the round of 16 at the Cassis Challenger.

This will be his first appearance in Columbus.

Head-to-Head

This will be the first match between JJ Wolf vs Kyle Edmund.

Prediction and Conclusion

Not that long ago, these two players were seen as big hopes, especially Kyle Edmund who was among the top 15 players in the world. Things did not go as they wanted and Wolf and Edmund are playing at the Challenger level at the moment. The good thing is that this surrafce suits them well so this will be an interesting match to follow. Both players have respectable serves so we go with over 22.5 games in total.