In the 1/16 final of the challenger in Vancouver, Ricardas Berankis from Lithuania will play against Ernesto Escobedo from the USA.
Ernesto Escobedo
The 26-year-old US representative did not play very well at the home challenger in Chicago last week. Escobedo reached only the 1/8 finals, where he lost in two sets to his younger compatriot Zachary Svayda – 4:6; 2:6.
Ricardas Berankis
The 32-year-old representative of Lithuania, in turn, last tried to break into the main draw of the Masters tournament in Montreal. Berankis failed and already in the first match, which was on the evening of the sixth of August, he lost in three sets to Frenchman Kenten Alice – 1:6; 6:3; 3:6.
Ricardas Berankis and Ernesto Escobedo played together at the 2020 Challenger in Monterrey. Then on hard in the 1/16 finals Escobedo won in two sets, but the match was a very hard fight – 7:6 (7:5); 7:6 (7:5).
Forecast
In this match, Ricardas Berankis is considered by bookmakers to be an almost unconditional favorite. At the same time, here Escobedo is able to impose at least a stubborn struggle, and therefore here we suggest that you put more than 20.5 games on the total.