Stefanos Tsitsipas and Jan-Lennard Struff are going to clash in the third round of the Barcelona Open 2019.
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Stefanos Tsitsipas is fresh from a straight-set win over Marton Fucsovics in the second round. Tsitsipas looked solid overall, he has played 2 matches on clay this year with a 1-1 record. The world no.8 is in his second straight appearance in the Barcelona Open. He will gain confidence from the fact that he won 5 straight matches in the previous edition of the Barcelona Open before losing to Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-1.
Jan-Lennard Struff
Jan-Lennard Struff won his second round match against David Goffin in straight sets 7-6 (3) 6-3. In the first round, he had an easy win over Hugo Dellien 6-3 6-1. Struff has not won three straight matches since Indian Wells, he has the opportunity to do so here. Struff has managed to defeat top 10 ranked players on 3 occasions in his career.
H2H Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
In past, Tsitsipas and Struff played each other only once. The head to head is 1-0 for the Greek, he defeated Struff in Sofia 7-6 6-4. Before that the two had clashed in the Genova Challenger, Tsitsipas won that match 6-2 6-3. Though Tsitsipas has an advantage considering his past wins, Struff too can throw a surprise considering he plays well on clay, he has won 3 of his 4 matches on clay in 2019.
According to bet365, Tsitsipas is the favorite to win the match. See quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded, but coming soon)
