Nicolas Almagro – Tommy Robredo

Nicolas Almagro and Tommy Robredo meet in the first round of the Masters tournament in Madrid, Spain. The match will take place from 13:00 on Tuesday. Madrid matches can be watched live on DigiSport programs.
Tommy Robredo (266 ATP)

The Spanish veteran comes to this tournament after defeating in the eighth finals of the Estoril ATP tournament, 7-6, 7-5 in front of Pablo Carreno-Busta (18 ATP), who was to become the champion of that edition.

This season, Tommy has a 5 wins and eight defeats (4-6 on clay). The most important result was achieved in Marrakech, where it reached the quarterfinals. In that phase of the competition, Robredo was defeated in a minimum of sets by Frenchman Benoit Paire (52 ATP), with the score of 6-2, 6-4, this after the previous lap of the main favorite, Grigor Dimitrov (12 ATP ) With the score of 6-4, 1-6, 6-1.

Nicolas Almagro (76 ATP)

Nico is coming to Madrid after the second quarter of the final in 2017 (the best result of the season), Estoril, where he was eliminated, like Robredo, by Pablo Carreno-Busta (18 ATP) With the score of 6-2, 6-4.

This season, Almagro has a score of 6 wins and 8 defeats (4-5 on clay). Among the most important victories in 2017 were Doha (hard), 7-6, 7-6 in front of Philipp Kohlschreiber (37 ATP).

At the last Madrid Masters edition, Nicolas was defeated in the first round by Borna Coric (59 ATP), with a score of 6-2, 6-2.

Direct matches

This will be the 9th straight encounter between the two players. Currently, Almagro leads with a 7-1 overall score, this being the player who was forced into the last two straight duels. 6 of the 8 matches played between the two Spaniards were played on the clay, and 6 of Nicolas’ seven wins came in at least sets.