Madrid Open – Men’s Sunday Unfolded

Here is a preview of some of the men’s matches lined up for Sunday at the Madrid Open.

Borna Coric v/s Mikhail Kukushkin

They played once in Rome last year which was won by Mikhail in hard fought 3 sets.  However, Coric won the Grand Prix Hassan in April this year and should win this one too.

Winner: Coric in 2

Andreas Seppi  v/s Pierre-Hugues Herbert

Although Seppi leads their H2H 1-0, neither is however a contender on clay and anyone could win this outing between them.

Winner:  Seppi  in 3

Adrian Mannarino v/s Santiago Giraldo

Santiago leads in their H2H by 1-0 but Adrian is having a better season on clay and has won 5 of 6 matches on dirt so far, and therefore stands a better chance to win this meeting between them.

Winner:  Adrian in 3

Dennis Istomin v/s Jared Donaldson

These two have never met in a match but the advantage may go to Jared Donaldson on this one as he has won 3 of his last 5 on clay and 7 out of the last 10 matches this year.

Winner:  Donaldson in 3

Andrey Kuznetsov v/s Lukas Lacko

Luvas Lacko won their only meeting in Dubai in 2014 however,  Andrey has been doing well lately and has won 5 out of 7 matches on clay including a win over Fabio Fognini.  However, Lucas just beat Dolgopolov to reach this round.  The advantage on this one goes by a real small margin to Andrey.

Winner:  Kuznetsov in 3