Cameron Norrie vs Marton Fucsovics Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Barcelona

Prediction published on 20/04/2022, 06:03  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 20/04/2022 at 07:30 in Tennis Predictions

Fourth seeded Cameron Norrie bids to reach the Barcelona quarter finals. Possible seeded opponents in the last eight are Alex de Minaur and Albert Ramos Vinolas but first he has to get past Marton Fucsovics. Norrie is world ranked 10th but lost in his first match in Monte Carlo last week. He was beaten by Vinolas so he'd love to get the chance for some revenge in the last eight after also losing to him in the Estoril final last year. That's one of two clay court finals that Norrie has reached on the ATP Tour. The other was soon after that defeat when being beaten by Stefanos Tsitisipas in Lyon. He will hope to do better in the French Open this year, having never made it past the third round at Roland Garros. Norrie has won the Delray Beach Open this year and lost to Rafa Nadal in the Acapulco final. In Barcelona, he's had a battle in the second round, coming from behind to beat qualifier Egor Gerasimov.

Marton Fucsovics is the world number 53 and is bidding to reach his third quarter final of the year. The others were in hard court events held in Rotterdam and Doha. The Hungarian has only won one ATP Tour clay court tournament. That was four years ago in Geneva and was a 250 series event. He's reached the fourth round at Roland Garros but this is his first time in the last 16 in Barcelona. He lost in the last 32 in Monte Carlo last week but has had two comfortable wins so far in Barcelona. The first round saw him beat Jordan Thompson and that was followed by victory over the 15th seed Federico Delbonis for the loss of only three games. Norrie can get the win here, but a side bet on him doing so in three sets might also be profitable.