Thiago Agustin Tirante vs Roberto Carballes Baena Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Bastad Open

Prediction published on 18/07/2024, 02:13  by Kennedy Kechula | Modified on 18/07/2024 at 11:40 in Tennis Predictions

Unseeded players Thiago Agustin Tirante and Roberto Carballes Baena will face off in the quarter-finals of the 2024 Swedish Open. Let’s take a brief look into both Tirante and Baena’s form and a likely prediction for this match set for Friday.

Tirante has produced the shock of this year’s tournament in Bastad so far. Ranked outside the ATP top 120 places, he defeated number one seed Andrey Rublev last time out. It was his maiden victory against an ATP top 10 ranked player and he won in three sets.

He will hope the win inspires him against Carballes Baena. Tirante is having a shaky year and so far has his season record split after 36 matches. He has registered 17 of his 18 wins on clay, resulting in one challenger title. Playing in the quarter-finals of a tour event for the first time, the 23-year-old has risen to 110th in the live ranking.

The winner of this first-ever match between these two will play Tallon Griekspoor, Timofey Skatov, Henrique Rocha or Nuno Borges in the semis. Baena also needed to win a decider to book a place in the last eight here.

His win, however, wasn’t against a player as high-profile as Rublev. The Spaniard, who made the semi-finals the last time he competed in Bastad, saw off qualifier Denis Yevseyev. He had to come from a set down to get the job done.

That was the second time he won by three sets at the tournament. Despite the unconvincing nature of his two wins, Baena has maintained his hot streak. He has now won seven matches in a row, having arrived in Bastad after winning the Braunschweig Challenger. A finalist in Marrakech this year, the 31-year-old has reentered the ATP top 50 by advancing to this round.