Bautista Agut vs. Struff
The 2016 Winston-Salem Open runner-up – Roberto Bautista Agut – continues his quest for a first ever title in North Carolina. As we predicted in our quarter-finals analysis, Bautista Agut proved too strong for Taylor Fritz with a 6 – 2 7 – 6 win. Besides not facing a single break point throughout the entire match, the 29-year-old Spaniard won 80.00% of his total service points. On the other hand, Fritz ended the match with 48.48% points won with his second serve.
Regardless of this Friday’s outcome one thing is certain, Jan-Lennard Struff already secured his return to the top 50. At the age of 27, Struff is going through one of the best moments in his career with his first semi-final appearance on the ATP World Tour since September 2014 in Metz. Taking a look now at Struff’s campaign on this event, the German player reaches this stage of the competition after 6 – 4 7 – 6 win over Borna Coric.
This will be the 2nd career meeting between these two players with Bautista Agut leading on the h2h by 1 – 0 after his victory earlier this season in Barcelona.
Despite Jan-Lennard’s brilliant run on this event, it’s hard to go against Roberto at this moment. On the other hand, Struff is also famous for his lack of mental strength. With this in mind, Bautista Agut deserves to be the clear favourite to win this match at 3/10 at Ladbrokes while Struff is available at 327/100 at Pinnacle. Due to the low price on Roberto’s moneyline, our suggestion is for you to place a bet on his -1.5 Set Handicap at 91/100 at Pinnacle.
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