The eighth seeded Alex de Minaur will face Marcos Giron in this quarterfinal fixture of the 2020 Antwerp Open. The match is likely to begin at around 3:30 pm local time (2:30 pm BST or 9:30 am Eastern Time) on Friday, October 23. Get the live streaming options of this Alex de Minaur v Marcos Giron match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Alex de Minaur v Marcos Giron Head to Head
Their only previous outing came at the 2019 Indian Wells Masters where Giron had emerged a surprising winner over De Minaur, reaching the third round of the tournament in the process.
That third round appearance has turned out to be his best ever at any tournament Masters or above.
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Giron Gives Goffin a Punishing Lesson
American Giron needed to come through the qualifiers to make it to the main draw, but back to back wins now in the main draw has helped him make the quarterfinal of this tournament, something he had done only at the Challenger circuit this season.
After having been pushed to a three-setter by the little-known Lucas Nardi in the first round, world number 14 David Goffin sounded like a bridge too far for Giron. He was 2/1 to win their encounter while Goffin looked to be easy money but now things look like they have drastically changed.
Giron was off to a flier in his second round match against the top seeded Goffin, who didn’t see it coming from afar. By the time Giron had broken Goffin twice in the first set, and taken it 6-3 even as Goffin tried to make a match of it.
The second saw an early exchange of breaks, which was followed by another in the seventh and eighth game. However, when Giron broke Goffin yet again in the 11th game, the writing was on the wall as the American sealed the match to love.
He now takes on an opponent who could pose a different type of a challenge.
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De Minaur Makes Short Work of Lopez
After a tough opener which could have gone either way before De Minaur won it, the Aussie came back strongly to push Richard Gasquet out in three sets.
His second round opponent Feliciano Lopez has been around the circuit for a while but proved to be no match for De Minaur’s resurgence. De Minaur took an early 2-0 lead in the opening set there and while he failed to serve out the set at 5-3, another break helped him go 1-0 up.
The Aussie was off to a flier in the third set, going 3-0 up with one break of serve. Lopez tried his best but came undone against De Minaur’s power, losing 6-4, 6-2.
These two matches were de Minaur’s first couple indoors this season but he comes into this tournament as a player who had won 10 of the 13 matches he played on this surface last year. Can he up the ante against an unseeded, albeit an in-form player.
Marcos Giron v Alex de Minaur Prediction and Tip
While de Minaur starts an obvious favourite, it will be Giron’s tenacity which might shine through in this one. Straight-forward for the Aussie expected here as he bursts the Giron bubble.
Tip: Millman to win: 8/11 (bet365)
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