Gerald Melzer vs Guillermo Garcia Lopez (BETTING TIPS, Match Preview & Expert Analysis )™
PREVIEW & TIPS Gerald Melzer vs Guillermo Garcia Lopez
Another interesting betting match will be between Gerald Melzer and Guillermo Garcia Lopez for our category Tennis Picks wich will be played in ATP – SINGLES: Sao Paulo (Brazil), clay. Spaniard plays very well on clay and has a lot of experience on this surface.
Gerald Melzer News
Gerald Melzer made his Sao Paulo debut in 2017 and won the first round match against Estrella Burgos in straight sets before losing to Diego Schwartzman in the second round (straight sets).
Having made a good start to the clay swing by progressing to the quarterfinal at ATP Quito (lost to Albert Ramos in QF) earlier this month, Gerald Melzer suffered a first-round exit at ATP Rio de Janeiro last week, handing Pablo Andujar his first win on tour in nearly two years.
The 27-year-old Austrian registered 46 match-wins in 2017 (46/26) with 40 of them coming on the clay courts (40/18), including two titles at Lima Challenger and Guayaquil Challenger.
Gerald Melzer vs Guillermo Garcia Lopez STATS
This will be the first meeting between these two players. Guillermo Garcia Lopez is vastly experienced at this level while Gerald Melzer is accustomed to the conditions in South America having contested in the South American clay court Challenger events regularly (10 SA CC tournaments in 2017). There isn’t much between these two players at the moment, and anyone can win this.
Guillermo Garcia Lopez News
Like Gerald Melzer, Guillermo Garcia Lopez started the clay swing positively by making the quarterfinal at ATP Buenos Aires (lost to Delbonis) but lost to Nicolas Jarry in the first round at Rio de Janeiro.
The Spaniard is yet to win a match at Sao Paulo despite entering the main draw twice in 2013 and 2014. One of those defeats came against a left-handed opponent, Albert Ramos Vinolas.
Garcia Lopez was struggling for form and fitness to compete on tour events in 2017, and opted to enter the Challenger circuits during the second half of the season, where he had some success such as winning the title at Scheveningen Challenger (clay), Tashkent Challenger (Hard) and reaching the finals at Genoa challenger (clay), Manerbio Challenger (clay).