Dan Evans vs Francisco Cerundolo Pick – Tennis Predictions & Odds 4/21/23

Dan Evans will meet Francisco Cerundolo in the Quarter-Finals of the 2023 Barcelona Open. The match will be played on Friday April 23rd, 2023.

After defeating Francesco Passaro 6-2, 6-2 in the First Round, Francisco Cerundolo’s tournament was expected to come to an end at the hands of Casper Ruud, the third seed. Despite the Argentine’s clay court prowess, the Norwegian is one of the premier players in the world and the massive favorite. However, Cerundolo dug deep and came away with a hard fought 7-6, 6-3 win in over two hours. That match will have given him immense confidence, and he will be backing himself to use his consistent baseline game to defeat Dan Evans.

Dan Evans is seeded twelfth here at the 2023 Barcelona Open, and he has a tough task ahead of him in the form of Francisco Cerundolo. Evans is not as comfortable on the clay as he is on the other surfaces, but he was in good nick in his win over Karen Khachanov, playing a very controlled game to nullify the Russian’s power. He is ranked higher but is the slight underdog here against the Argentine, and will have to be at his best to get a result here.

I am expecting a close match here, which can really go either way. However, Cerundolo has the greater clay-court pedigree, and I am expecting him to grind the Brit down. Evans can keep it close, but he should struggle with the relentless pressure from the Argentine’s groundstrokes, and I am expecting a three set win for Francisco Cerundolo here at the Barcelona Open.