Goffin vs. Sugita
At the age of 28, Yuichi Sugita is going through the best moment in his career. Besides winning his first ATP World Tour title in Antalya, Sugita holds an extraordinary 34 – 15 record in 2017. Nevertheless, it won’t be easy for Yuichi to present his best tennis this Tuesday after one month without playing any official match. The world no.46 was scheduled to play in Umag three weeks ago but decided to withdraw from that tournament and return to Japan.
The former world no.10 – David Goffin – continues his quest to rediscover his top form in Montreal. After a brilliant start to 2017, Goffin was forced to miss the entire grass-court season due to an ankle injury. Nevertheless, the 26-year-old Belgian already played two tournaments since his nasty fall in Roland Garros. Adding to this, David holds great memories from Montreal after reaching the 3rd round on his previous appearance in 2015.
This will be the 2nd career meeting between these two players with Goffin winning their previous encounter at the Le Gosier Challenger in 2012 by 6 – 0 6 – 2.
Despite Sugita’s recent improvements, Goffin is definitely the better player on this match-up. On the other hand, the 28-year-old Japanese hasn’t played any match on the ATP World Tour since Wimbledon. With this in mind, David deserves to be the main favourite to win this match at 2/5 at William Hill while Sugita is available at 9/4 at Coral. Due to the low price on Goffin’s moneyline, our suggestion is for you to place a bet on his -3.5 game handicap at 93/100 at Pinnacle.
Best Play: David Goffin -3.5 Game Handicap at 93/100 at Pinnacle
Schwartzman vs. Thiem
Regardless of this Tuesday’s outcome, Diego Schwartzman already secured his return to the top 35. Known as one of the best clay-court players in the game, the 24-year-old is never an easy opponent to face. Nevertheless, Schwartzman is far from a Hard-Court expert with a poor 45.16% career record on this surface. Taking a look now at Diego’s campaign on this event, the Argentinean reaches this stage of the competition after a three-set victory over Reilly Opelka.
Dominic Thiem continues to pursue his first ATP Masters 1000 title. Playing on the big stages brings the best out of Thiem with two appearances already in the semi-finals of Roland Garros. Adding to this, Dominic reached his first Masters 1000 final earlier this year in Madrid. Despite his disappointing defeat against Kevin Anderson in Washington, Thiem couldn’t have asked for a better way to start his campaign in Montreal after winning his doubles match with Karen Khachanov.
These two players are no strangers with Thiem winning all their previous three encounters. Besides Dominic’s lead on the h2h, the Argentinean never won a single set on their previous meetings.
Due to Dominic’s edge over this opponent and outstanding record on the big events, it’s impossible to go against the Austrian on this match. The bookmakers agree with us with Thiem priced as the heavy favourite at 31/100 at Pinnacle while Bet365 offers 5/2 for Diego’s victory. For those who want to go for a higher price, Dominic’s -1.5 Set Handicap at 81/100 at Pinnacle is also a great approach for this contest.
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