A spot in the next round is at stake on Friday, when Daniel Merida Aguilar goes up against Roman Andres Burruchaga in the Umag semifinal. Daniel Merida Aguilar is 5-5 across recent matches. Roman Andres Burruchaga has won 3 of the last 10.
There is no history here: this is their first tour-level meeting.
Daniel Merida Aguilar simply rates much higher on clay, and our number follows from it. Aguilar comes in off a compressed schedule; Burruchaga arrives with very little recovery time. This one is close to a coin flip, and the lean toward Aguilar is exactly that — a lean.