Radu Albot (Moldova) vs. Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan) – Score prediction (15.10.2019)

Preview and players comparison.

Radu Albot returns to ATP Stockholm for the first time since 2016 to make his second appearance in this Swedish indoor hardcourt tournament. He reached the second round here during his debut campaign in 2016 and matching that result this week would be considered a success considering his current form. The top-ranked Moldovan has won only one of his last six matches which came against the struggling Filip Krajinovic in the first round of ATP Tokyo, where he failed against the Japanese Yasutaka Uchiyama in the second round (faces a Japanese in Stockholm this Tuesday). The reigning champion of ATP Delray Beach, Radu Albot has got a perfect 2-0 record in the first round of indoor hardcourt tournaments this season, having reached the semifinal in Montpellier and round of 16 in New York earlier this year.

Failure to defend the ATP Shenzhen title and winning only one main draw match in the Asian swing has seen Yoshihito Nishioka drop to #74 in the latest ATP World Rankings. However, he’s got a decent opportunity to improve his ranking in the upcoming weeks considering he competed only on the Challenger circuits post-Asian swing in 2018. The Japanese #2 Yoshihito Nishioka has got a decent 31/16 career w/l record on indoor hardcourt but is yet to play a match on the surface since Kobe Challenger 2018. Though Yoshihito Nishioka is equally capable of winning this matchup, being in better physical condition makes Radu Albot the favorite to further extend his lead in the H2H series (1-0, Delray Beach 2016).

Match Info.

Competition: ATP – SINGLES: Stockholm (Sweden), hard (indoor) – 1/16-finals.
Start: 15.10.2019, 10:00 UTC.