Bautista Agut vs. Fritz
Roberto Bautista Agut continues to pursue his first title at the Winston-Salem Open. After John Isner’s surprising defeat in the previous round, the 29-year-old is now the undeniable favourite to lift the trophy on this event. Adding to this, Bautista Agut reaches this stage of the competition after two solid victories against Dusan Lajovic and Marcos Baghdatis. Famous for his outstanding return to serve, Roberto won 44.40% of his opponents’ service games in Winston-Salem.
Known as one of the most promising young players on the ATP World Tour, the last months haven’t been easy for Taylor Fritz. Nevertheless, the former junior world no.1 is slowly returning to his best level after a slow start to 2017. Taking a look now at Taylor’s campaign on this event, the 19-year-old American reaches this stage of the competition after a 7 – 6 7 – 6 win over Paolo Lorenzi in the previous round.
This will be the 2nd career meeting between these two players with Bautista Agut emerging victorious from their previous encounter at 2016 Shanghai Masters by 6 – 4 6 – 4.
Despite Taylor’s recent improvements, Bautista Agut should be too strong for the American teenager. The bookmakers think the same with Roberto available at 9/25 at Coral while William Hill offers 5/2 for Fritz’ victory. For those who want to take a higher risk, Bautista Agut’s -1.5 Set Handicap at 9/10 at Pinnacle is also a great approach for this match.
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