Marco Trungelliti vs Nicolás Jarry Prediction & Picks - ATP Barcelona

Prediction published on 4/16/24, 7:54 AM  by Drew Williamson | Modified on 4/16/24 at 9:54 AM in Tennis Picks

It's off to the Round of 16 at the ATP 500 tournament in Barcelona. In this match, Argentinian Marco Trungelliti will take on Chilean Nicolas Jarry, objectively seeming to be the stronger player, given his ranking in the top 25. Marco Trungelliti was able to get into this match through qualifying. He had some difficulty in winning his first match against Spain's Pablo Llamas Ruiz (ranked 147th), in a 3-set match, but fared much better in his second match against Gianluca Mager (ranked 253rd), finishing the job in just 66 minutes. These two victories enabled him to play in the first round against Duje Ajdukovic (123rd), in a match that came down to the tie-break in the second set. As for Chile's Nicolas Jarry, he’s coming off a first round loss to Argentina's Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the Monte-Carlo tournament. This surprising end stands in contrast with his fine showing at the last Miami Masters 1000, where he ended up as a quarter-finalist, beating world top 10 Casper Ruud in just 2 sets. The Chilean also won 3 consecutive matches while playing in the Buenos Aires clay-court tournament in February, including a superb victory over world number 3 Carlos Alcaraz in the semi-finals, before reaching the final against Facundo Diaz Acosta.