Roman Safiullin vs Bernabe Zapata Miralles Prediction: the Spaniard Looks Weaker

Prediction for the ATP Madrid match, which will take place on May 1st. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

After failures in Monte Carlo and Banja Luka, Safiullin looks good in Madrid. Before the main draw, he qualified, beating Sousa and Oefner. Roman has played two rounds in the main draw and eliminated Jarri and Paul. By the way, the American currently ranks 17th, and their match lasted an hour and 40 minutes. Safiullin won it with a score of 6-3, 7-6. Roman fired once and made no double faults, getting 82% of points on his first serve and 58% on his second, reception stats: 25%/39%, winners/unforced errors 20/8.

This is Bernabe's fourth tournament in Europe. Before that, he played on the clay in South America. In Estoril, the Spaniard had three matches and lost to Kecmanovic. He failed the first match in Monte Carlo to Bonzi. In Barcelona, he beat Hungarian Balas but lost to Bautista Agut. In Madrid, he defeated Macdonald and Evans. The match against the latter lasted an hour and 20 minutes; Bernabe won it 6-3, 6-2. The Spaniard made six aces and no doubles errors, winning 83% of his first serve points and 78% of his second, reception stats: 46%/46%, winners/unforced errors 29/9.

After beating Jarry and Paul, Bernabe doesn't look like a pure favorite. The Spaniard is a clay courter but has not had much success at major European tournaments in a long time. Safiullin has won four tournaments in Madrid, giving only one set. We think Roman can fight the Spaniard, and we will not be surprised if he ends up in the last 16 of the Madrid Masters.

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