Thiago Agustin Tirante vs Facundo Diaz Acosta Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Cordoba

Prediction published on 07/02/2024, 13:48  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 07/02/2024 at 14:49 in Tennis Predictions

The second round of the Cordoba Open sees unseeded Facundo Diaz Acosta take on lucky loser . Whoever wins this match between two Argentinians will face either second seed Sebastian Baez or unseeded Hugo Dellien in the last eight of this clay court tournament. Facundo Diaz Acosta is the world number 95 with a career high five places above that. He's up to 91st in the live list after beating qualifier Federico Agustin Gomez in straight sets in round one. A win over Tirante will take him up to 86th and set a new career high. The Argentinian made it through qualifying to reach the first round of the Adelaide International but lost to Jordan Thompson. He also lost in round one of the Australian Open but took Taylor Fritz to a final set after winning two of the first three sets. He lost his only match against Tirante when having to retire in the second set.

Thiago Agustin Tirante was the top seed in qualifying for this Cordoba Open. He won his first match but was then beaten by Facundo Bagnis in straight sets. The main draw was still reached though as he was reinstated as a lucky loser. He made the most of that with a first round win over wild card Francisco Comesana. That's seen his live ranking climb to a career high103rd and a win here can take him into the top 100 for the first time. Tirante lost in the first qualifying round of the Australian Open and then entered a clay court tournament in Uruguay. He reached the final of that tournament but will find this a lot tougher and we go for Acosta to get the victory.