Luciano Darderi vs Sebastian Baez Prediction: Sebastian Baez won't find it easy

The ATP Hamburg 2024 continues into the quarter final round. Italian tennis player Luciano Darderi takes on Argentine Sebastian Baez in this round. 

Luciano Darderi and Sebastian Baez faced each other back in February at the ATP Buenos Aires. Baez won that meeting in straight sets to extend his lead over Luciano Darderi to 2:1 on the h2h. 

Luciano Darderi is ranked 35th on the ATP ranking at the moment. He qualified for the quarter final round of this tournament after beating Nick Hardt and Alexander Shevchenko in his first 2 games of the competition. Luciano won both games in 3 sets. 

Luciano Darderi is set to face Sebastian Baez in the quarter final round and this will be the third meeting between both players. Darderi won 1 of the 3 meetings, at the ATP Cordoba in February this year. The game ended in 3 sets, and the score was 6-1, 3-6,6-3 in favor of Luciano Darderi. Unfortunately he was unable to reproduce the same result when the pair met each other at the ATP Bueno Aires five days later. This time, he lost to Sebastian Baez in straight sets. 

Sebastian Baez is ranked 19th on the ATP ranking currently and he's among the players to qualify for the quarter final of the ATP Homburg. 

Sebastian Baez had his first win over Dominik Koepfer (2-6,3-6), then he advanced into the round of 16 and recorded another win over Dusan Lajovic (6-4,5-7,2-6).

Next up for Sebastian is a familiar face in the person of Luciano Darderi. He's faced Darderi three times throughout his career and won twice. His first at the ATP Cordoba in 2023 and then his second at the ATP Buenos Aires back in April this year. And Sebastian Baez lost once to Luciano Darderi at the ATP Cordoba in April.

Both players know each other pretty well as they already met twice this year. Sebastian Baez had the most recent win 3 months ago. 

On the clay surface, Luciano Darderi has 14 wins and 3 defeats this year while 8 wins and 6 defeats this year. 

The stats between these two players is really tight and we expect the game to be decided in 3 sets. 

• Over 21 Games at 1.6 Odds
• Sebastian Baez to Win at 1.60 Odds
• Sebastian Baez to Win first set at 1.66 Odds