Roberto Carballes Baena vs Nikoloz Basilashvili Tips

I was unlucky with Basilashvili (ranked 112) last week when he failed to take his chances vs. Cazaux, who’s in the SFs in Gstaad. Basil didn’t serve well that day but still should've won. So his form is good and he faces what looks like a less than fully fit Carballes Baena (ranked 79), whose best form tends to come at altitude. Even there last week, he was brushed aside by Comesana after narrowly beating Taberner and hasn’t seemed fit for a while now. He retired again with a hip issue 9 days ago at the Braunschweig Challenger, and in slow conditions, he looks vulnerable against the power of Basilashvili if not able to defend properly. Basil has won all three of their career meetings and leads the service/return points won totals by 110 to 90. Basil has won a very big 45% of return points in this match-up, attacking the second serve of RCB to great effect. I'll take the power of Basilashvili vs. the steady clay grinding of RCB with that fitness doubt.

I was unlucky with Basilashvili (ranked 112) last week when he failed to take his chances vs. Cazaux, who’s in the SFs in Gstaad. Basil didn’t serve well that day but still should've won. So his form is good and he faces what looks like a less than fully fit Carballes Baena (ranked 79), whose best form tends to come at altitude. Even there last week, he was brushed aside by Comesana after narrowly beating Taberner and hasn’t seemed fit for a while now. He retired again with a hip issue 9 days ago at the Braunschweig Challenger, and in slow conditions, he looks vulnerable against the power of Basilashvili if not able to defend properly. Basil has won all three of their career meetings and leads the service/return points won totals by 110 to 90. Basil has won a very big 45% of return points in this match-up, attacking the second serve of RCB to great effect. I'll take the power of Basilashvili vs. the steady clay grinding of RCB with that fitness doubt.