Saturday's Pozoblanco semifinal pits Ilya Ivashka against T. Pereira on hard. Ilya Ivashka comes in at 7 wins from the last ten. T. Pereira has won 3 in a row and 3 of the last 10 overall.
The two have never played — a first meeting always adds a layer of uncertainty the numbers can't fully capture.
Hold strength tells the story — 69.7% versus 64.2% on first-serve points in Ivashka's favor. Ivashka comes in off a compressed schedule; Pereira comes in off a compressed schedule. Anything other than a Ivashka win would rank among the bigger surprises of the week.