Tomas Machac will face Spanish tennis player Alejandro Davidovich Fokina at the 2024 ATP Barcelona tennis tournament in an upcoming match. This will be a second-round match in the draw for the 2024 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. Machac, who is a small underdog in the match, is priced at +100 (bet365). But his opponent has not been at his sharpest tennis so far this season. My Machac vs Davidovich Fokina prediction is that the former player will win this match as a small underdog.
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Tomas Machac vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Head-to-Head Series
The Machac vs Davidovich Fokina h2h is 0-0, meaning that their match on Wednesday will be the first between the two players. On current rankings, ADK comes in as the No. 27 in the world. Meanwhile, Machac is ranked 50th as of the April 15th, 2024 rankings.
On year-to-date rankings, matters look a little bit different. Machac is the higher-ranked player from this perspective. Davidovich Fokina is down in the No. 58 position. Machac is having the 33rd-best season to date. From this latter perspective, bettors should be open to considering betting Machac in this match, especially at the plus side of the odds.
The Draw: Right-click/Open the link in a new tab for the draw for the 2024 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell
Tomas Machac's Recent Matches and Results
Machac opened his clay-court season in the first round in Barcelona. He posted a 6-4, 6-4 win over Juncheng Shang. In previous tournaments, Machac did quite well in Miami. He made the quarterfinals through Andrey Rublev. Machac has generally enjoyed early-round success in his tournament entries this season.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina's Recent Matches and Results
Davidovich Fokina has a bye through the first round in Barcelona. Last week, he was in the Monte-Carlo Masters where he lost early to Sebastian Korda 6-1, 6-2. ADK has been searching for wins this season. He only got one in Miami and Indian Wells combined. He is a tough player to be backing at favorite odds.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Serving ability: 52nd/clay/last 52 weeks
Return-of-serve ability: 25th/clay/last 52 weeks
Machac vs Davidovich Fokina Prediction: Machac to win
Nothing is daunting about opposing Davidovich Fokina in this match. He is a player who is on the slide. He's also coming up against a player on the rise.
I think bettors should be with Machac here at +100 (bet365). The Czech player could be viewed as a moderate favorite in the match. It's not just the quarterfinal run at the Miami Masters, which was a hard court event. But he also won a clay-court match to show that he's not going to be an easy out in these clay draws either.
Davidovich Fokina vs Machac prediction: Draw at the 2024 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell
Dusan Lajovic and Ugo Humbert are in the other second-round match in this draw. Lajovic has enjoyed some clay-court success in his career. Meanwhile, Humbert is in the hunt for a spot in the Top Ten. In this group of four, I think most would like Humbert's chances of advancing.
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