The Maia Open tournament takes place in Portugal, and in this analysis I will detail the match in the second round between Gastao Elias and Pedro Sousa, and I will conclude with the related bet.
Maia is a town of 135,000 inhabitants, located near Porto.
This tournament is small, challenging, with a prize pool of 44,820 euros.
The host is the Complexo Municipal de Tenis da Maia complex, which has indoor indoor slag courts.
The competition table includes Silva, Kovalik, Sousa or Taberner.

Gastao Elias: Team form, news and statistics

Gastao Elias is a 30-year-old Portuguese man, ranked 429th in the ATP.
And Elias is a very good athlete, who in the past was ranked 57th in the world, a tennis player who could successfully play in major ATP tournaments. But then there was an injury, now Elias trying to climb again, playing in smaller ITF and challenger tournaments.
In 2019 he has semifinals for the challenger from Orlando and quarterfinals for the challenger from Nur Sultan.
And in 2020 it has a final at ITF M15 Sintra, quarterfinals at ITF M15-2 Sintra, a title at ITF M25 Porto and a semifinal at ITF M25 Vale do Lobo.
He comes after the challenger tournament in Sao Paulo, where he lost in the first round 3-6 2-6 to Monteiro.
So his form is average, having two defeats with Borges, in addition to losing recently clearly even with the current opponent.

🔺Here:– 6-2 7-5 with Pavel Kotov (271st place ATP), winning 78% balls with the first service, 42% with the second, offering 5 break points (3 saved)

Pedro Sousa: Team form, news and statistics

Pedro Sousa is a 32-year-old Portuguese man, ranked 113th in the ATP.
And Sousa is one of the best athletes on the circuit, a tennis player who was brief in the first hundredth of the world, in 2019 reaching 99th place.
But unfortunately he could not grow, remaining a very good athlete for the challenger circuit but who it has a ceiling and cannot climb a step.
Obviously, age also matters, as he is at the end of his career.
In 2019 he has quarterfinals for the challenger from Alicante, quarterfinals for the challenger from Poznan, title for the challenger from Blois, semifinals for the challenger from Tampere, title for the challenger from Meerbusch, quarterfinals for the challenger from Como, final for the challenger from Florence and quarterfinals at the Barcelona challenger.
And in 2020 it has the final in Buenos Aires, the final in the challenger in Split, the final in the challenger in Lisbon and the quarterfinals in the challenger in Guayaquil.
Sousa comes after a weak match with Tirante, but now on his own field he feels better.

🔺Here:– 6-2 6-2 with Hamou (365 ATP place), winning 70% balls with the first service, 50% with the second, offering 3 break balls (2 saved)

🎾Statistics of direct matches Gastao Elias vs Pedro Sousa

In the direct meetings the score is 2-2, the last one taking place this year at the Lisbon challenger when Sousa won 6-7 6-1 6-3.

Tennis Prediction of the Day Gastao Elias vs Pedro Sousa

Gastao Elias vs Pedro Sousa Pont: Pedro Sousa punishes
Gastao Elias is a good athlete, who was in the first hundredth of the world, but lately having problems with injuries. Now he is trying to reach the top again, being in average form, in the ITF circuit having two defeats with Borges, in addition losing clearly with the opponent now at Challenger in Lisbon. Pedro Sousa is very close to the top 100 in the world, being a tennis player who does well in challenger tournaments, often reaching the finals. And here he is in shape, in the first round playing well with Hamou and winning in two short sets. Thus, I consider that Sousa is the favorite, my prediction going on his victory at a share offered by Unibet.

Prediction Today: Pedro Sousa wins
Odds: 1.54