Your intelligence is failing to show competency at logical thought.
Nowhere has anyone assumed or thought that Chris thinks he cannot beat the guy. The reality is that Chris is at a level where if he does not know someone then it is likely he has a good chance to beat them. There are probably 300 guys in the world Chris does not want to play even 10-ball against, and he knows 99% of those people. Combine that with the fact the guy is from ****ing Romania (a 1-pocket powerhouse nation if there ever was one) and you can deduce that the offer Chris put out there was not too far out there. Some unknown player from Romania is in tough in that match, there is simply no one on the world stage from Romania that is likely better then even money at absolute best against Chris in those two games.