Yuichi Sugita continues his incredible run in 2017. At the age of 29, Sugita is playing the best tennis of his career with an outstanding 42 – 19 record this season on the ATP World Tour. Adding to this, the fast court conditions in Chengdu are perfect for Yuichi’s aggressive game style. Taking a look now at Sugita’s numbers on this event, the world no.43 didn’t drop a single service game so far in Chengdu.
The world no.84 – Dusan Lajovic – is through to his first ATP World Tour quarter-final since Kitzbühel in July. Despite his undeniable quality, Lajovic’s game style is not as effective on Hard Court as it is on clay. Moreover, the Serbian holds a terrible 23.08% winning record on his previous 13 appearances in the quarter-finals. Nevertheless, Lajovic reaches this stage of the competition after an impressive 6 – 2 6 – 3 win over Albert Ramos-Vinolas.
These two players will face each other for the second time in their careers with Dusan winning their previous encounter at the Seoul Challenger in 2013.
Despite Lajovic’s lead on the h2h, Sugita is a much better player now than he was in 2013. On the other hand, the court conditions in Chengdu should benefit the Japanese on this match-up. With this in mind, the value is definitely on Yuichi’s tennis betting odds at 4/5 at 5Dimes while Pinnacle offers 117/100 for Lajovic’s victory.
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