Fernando Verdasco vs. James Duckworth – Prediction – ATP Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan) 26.10.2020

H2H: Fernando Verdasco v James Duckworth – comparison.

Fernando Verdasco holds a 2-0 lead in the H2H series, but this will be their first meeting since 2015. Considering their form and performance in recent weeks, neither is expected to have a significant advantage in this first-round clash.

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James Duckworth has lost six of his eight matches since the restart, with four of those defeats coming on indoor hard courts in St.Petersburg and Cologne. He even lost two matches in a row in Cologne last week, one in the final qualifying round and another in the first round as a lucky loser. After struggling with fitness problems for two seasons in 2017 and 2018, James Duckworth gained a lot of confidence and momentum in 2019 (52/26) and also made a solid start to 2020 by winning the title in Bangalore Challenger and reaching the semifinal in ATP Pune. However, he seems to have lost all the momentum during the tour suspension and is struggling to win matches at the moment.

Fernando Verdasco’s form isn’t any better as he has gone 1-3 since the tour resumption with that sole win coming against the struggling Andy Murray in the first leg of ATP Cologne. All his four matches in these three months have concluded in straight sets, and he even got bageled by the struggling Damir Dzumhur in the qualifying stages of Rome Masters last month, 0-6 2-6. The veteran Spaniard also made an encouraging start to 2020 by progressing to the quarterfinal in Doha and third round in the Australian Open but lost his way in the following months. Overall he has played 12 matches on the main tour this year and could win only five of them.

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