David Goffin
The 28-year old Belgian had an easy job in the first two rounds, beating Bradley Klahn and Jeremy Chardy in straight sets. In the round of 32, Goffin upset the 11th seed Daniil Medvedev in five sets. David played very well against Medvedev, tallying 61 winners and 39 unforced errors while winning 84% of his 1st serve points and 36% of Daniil’s 1st serve points.
Goffin is having a decent season, winning 21 of his 36 matches. He reached one final in 2019, losing to Roger Federer in Halle on the grass court. He made it to the fourth round at Wimbledon for the third time in his career, while Goffin is 23-18 on the grass court at the ATP Tour.
Fernando Verdasco
The 35-year old Spaniard opened with a convincing straight-set victory over Kamil Majchrzak. Verdasco overcame Kyle Edmund in the second round after dropping the first two sets, while Fernando put on another strong performance in the round of 32, defeating Thomas Fabbiano in straight sets.
He made 45 unforced errors against Fabbiano but hit 19 winners more than his opponent (37-18).
Verdasco .
came to London as the World No. 37 and with a 17-15 record in 2019, still
searching for his first final of the season.
Fernando is back to the last 16 here after six years, exiting in the first round in his last three outings at Wimbledon. Verdasco has a 51-41 record on the grass court in his career.
Prediction and head to head David Goffin vs. Fernando Verdasco
This will be the 7th time that David Goffin and Fernando Verdasco fight against each other. The head to head is 3-3 for Goffin and Verdasco (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Goffin won 3-6 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Rome back in 2017.
Prediction
The favorite for Tennis Tonic is David Goffin that should win in 4 sets.
Betting odds
According to bet365, David Goffinis the favorite to win the match.
David Goffin -> 1.36
Fernando Verdasco -> 3.20
