Fabio Fognini vs Jan Lennard Struff Tennis Prediction
These two players met once in the semifinal of ATP Munich in 2014 when Fognini prevailed in straight sets, 6-3 6-1. Jan Lennard Struff can certainly offer a better challenge than Ilya Ivashka, but Fabio Fognini is the one that can decide the outcome of this match, he can either beat Struff or beat himself.
Fabio Fognini News
Fabio Fognini very rarely plays out easy matches, and it was the case once again at Monte Carlo this week as the Italian exchanged five breaks of serve in the first set before fighting back form a *2-5 deficit in the second set to seal the match in straight sets against Ilya Ivashka, 6-4 7-5.
With that win against the Belarussian, Fabio Fognini avoided a hat-trick of first-round exits from Monte Carlo (lost R1 matches in 2017 and 2016).
It was also the Italian’s eighth win on clay this season (8/3), which includes a title at Sao Paulo and the semifinal appearance at Rio de Janeiro.
Jan Lennard Struff News
Jan Lennard Struff snapped his four-match losing run with a straight-set win over Yuichi Sugita, who is struggling for form at the moment, 6-3 6-2.
The German’s only previous second-round match at Monte Carlo came against Grigor Dimitrov in 2017, and he ended up winning it in three sets, 4-6 6-3 6-2.
Struff opened his clay account for the season with the win over Sugita as he lost his previous match to Alexey Vatutin in the first round of ATP Marrakech last week. Struff played 33 matches on clay in 2017 and managed to win 18 of them, including three quarterfinal appearances at Marrakech, Munich and Genoa Challenger. Bet on our tennis prediction for today: Fognini vs Struff
Tennis Prediction : Fabio Fognini
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