In the quarterfinals of the challenger in Porto, James Duckworth from Australia will play against Aiden McHugh from Great Britain.
Aiden McHugh
The 21-year-old British representative has been competing at the challenger in Portugal since qualifying and has already come a long way. In the semifinals of qualifying , McHugh beat Czech Dominic Palan in three sets – 6:2; 3:6; 6:1. In the final of the qualification there was already a more confident victory over Alexander Donski from Bulgaria – 6:2; 7:6 (10:8). In the 1/16 finals , McHugh won a strong - willed victory over Mirza Basic from Bosnia and Herzegovina in three sets – 3:6; 6:4; 6:3. And the day before yesterday, in the 1/8 finals, Aiden beat Portuguese Frederica Ferreira-Silva in two sets – 7:6 (7:5); 6:1. On tennis players spent two hours and five minutes on the court.
James Duckworth
The 30-year-old representative of Australia, in turn, started on the challenger in Porto already from the 1/16 finals. In his first match, Duckworth confidently beat Portuguese Pedro Araujo – 6:3; 6:4. And the day before yesterday, in the 1/8 finals, James defeated Antoine Linen from Switzerland – 6:2; 6:1. The tennis players spent only fifty-five minutes on the court.
Forecast
In this match, James Duckworth is of course considered by the bookmakers to be the undisputed favorite. At the same time, a tennis player from Australia is quite capable of winning a landslide victory, and therefore we suggest that you put less than 22.5 games on the total.