Jan Lennard Struff vs. Marco Cecchinato – Prediction – ATP Cologne 2 (Germany) 21.10.2020

Preview and players comparison.

Marco Cecchinato edges the H2H series 3-2, but Jan Lennard Struff managed to win their only previous meeting on a non-clay surface in Winston Salem 2018 — most recent meeting. Considering the conditions in Cologne and their ability on indoor hardcourt, this is the German’s match to lose.

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Jan Lennard Struff enters the second leg of ATP Cologne after suffering a couple of disappointing defeats against compatriots Daniel Altmaier in the second round of the French Open and Oscar Otte in the first round of ATP Cologne last week. The big-serving German, who has been playing the best tennis of his career over the last 20 months and recently attained his career-high ranking of #29, has won only one out of five matches since losing to Novak Djokovic in the third round of the US Open last month. Moreover, Jan Lennard Struff has played three matches on indoor hardcourts so far in 2020 and lost them all, including a straight-set defeat against the retired Tommy Haas in an exhibition event during the tour suspension.

While Jan Lennard Struff is going through a rough patch over the last few weeks, his opponent Marco Cecchinato seems to have revived his career and regained some confidence since the restart by posting some solid results on clay. The Italian attained his career-high ranking of #16 after winning two ATP Tour titles and reaching the semifinal in the French Open 2018 but failing to defend any of those points in 2019 saw him drop out of the top 100 group. However, the 28-year-old Marco Cecchinato made his way back into the top 100 this week, thanks to some fine results on clay such as the second round in Rome Masters (as a qualifier), third round in the French Open (as a Q), quarterfinal in Parma Challenger and a runner-up finish in Sardinia last week. It would be extremely difficult for Marco Cecchinato to continue this run as he hasn’t played a match on indoor hardcourt since 2018 and has won only 31 matches on the surface so far in his career.

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