Yuichi Sugita vs Garcia Lopez Tennis Prediction

This is the first meeting between these two players. Garcia Lopez is the better player on clay, and he is currently in the better form as well. But Sugita must be motivated to defend his quarterfinal points this week, and it’s also a good opportunity for him to register a rare win this season (5/12).

Yuichi Sugita News

Yuichi Sugita suffered his fifth straight defeat when he lost to Jan Lennard Struff in the first round of Monte Carlo Masters last week, 3-6 2-6. It was his first straight-set defeat in those five matches.
It’s been a terrible start to the season for the Japanese who has lost seven first-round matches in the nine tournaments that he has entered so far in 2018. His only main draw wins have come at the Australian Open (R2) and Dubai (QF).
Yuichi Sugita recorded his career-best result in a clay tournament when he progressed to the quarterfinal of Barcelona as a lucky loser last season. He will now be making his third appearance in this event.

Garcia Lopez News

Guillermo Garcia Lopez lost two matches in Monte Carlo last week, one in the qualifying stages against Marco Cecchinato and another one in the first round (as a lucky loser) against Andreas Seppi.
Earlier in the season, the Spaniard made two quarterfinal appearances at Sao Paulo (Clay) and Buenos Aires (Clay) which remains as his best result of the season.
Garcia Lopez has appeared at Barcelona eight times in the past but faced first-round exits in five of them, including losing his first round match to Albert Montanes here in 2017.

Tennis Prediction: Garcia Lopez
Odds: 1.63