Clay court experts Diego Schwartzman from Argentina and Marco Cecchinato of Italy meet in the second round of the 2021 ATP Cordoba Open on Thursday, February 25. The match timing is yet to be scheduled. Get the live streaming options of this Diego Schwartzman v Marco Cecchinato match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Diego Schwartzman v Marco Cecchinato Head to Head
This will be the fourth meeting between the players. Schwartzman leads the head-to-head 2-1. All their meetings were in 2019, with Schwartzman winning at the Madrid and Canada Masters 1000s and Cecchinato in Argentina at the Buenos Aires final.
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After Disappointing Aussie Swing, Schwartzman Looks To Rekindle 2020 Form
The shorter 2020 season was an impressive one for Diego Schwartzman who reached a career ranking of number nine in the world and made his first ever ATP Tour Finals.
During the year, the Argentine was a finalist at the ATP Masters 1000 in Rome where he defeated Rafael Nadal for the first time in his career, and also a semi-finalist at the French Open, defeating one of the title favorites Dominic Thiem in the quarter-finals. He was also a quarter-finalist at the Paris Masters 1000 and a finalist at the Cologne Open.
2021 has thus far not kept up the tempo from 2020 for the Argentine. He split a 1-1 record at the ATP Cup losing to Daniil Medvedev convincingly, but defeating Kei Nishikori in a three set tussle. He looked in good touch making the round of 32 at the Aussie Open, but was blown off in straight sets by the surprise package of the tournament Aslan Karatsev.
Schwartzman is back on his favorite surface, i.e. clay and will look to put up a good run of form and rekindle the form from last season.
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Cecchinato In Search Of 2018-2019 Clay Form
Italian Marco Cecchinato hit a strong run of form in the 2018-2019 timeframe where he was a French Open semi-finalist defeating Novak Djokovic, won three ATP titles and was ranked as high as number 19 in the world.
But, the Italian clay courter hit poor form and incurred unexpected losses during the latter half of 2019 and this run carried into the pandemic stricken 2020. Cecchinato is now ranked number 87th in the world and in search of a career revival. The run Down Under was poor with opening round losses at the Melbourne ATP 250 and at the Australian Open.
Back on clay, the 2019 Argentina Open winner was up against Hugo Dellien of Bolivia in the opener and it was an up and down match for Cecchinato form wise. He prevailed eventually in a decider but will be well aware that he needs to hit a more purple patch of form very soon to prevail against the likes of Diego Schwartzman.
Schwartzman v Cecchinato Prediction and Tip
Both players are most comfortable on clay, but their recent form and careers in general are at different places right now. Expect Schwartzman to keep the strong run of 2020 going and one can expect a straight sets win here.
Tip: Schwartzman to win in straight sets: 8/11 (bet365)
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The 2021 ATP Cordoba Open will be played from February 22 to 28. You can watch & bet on the these matches here. Get your latest premium tennis predictions here.
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