Nick Hardt and Valerio Aboian meet in the quarterfinal at Guayaquil on Friday. Valerio Aboian is 6-4 across recent matches. Nick Hardt has won 5 of the last 10.
Valerio Aboian simply rates much higher on clay, and our number follows from it. Hardt comes in off a compressed schedule; Aboian comes in off a compressed schedule. Little separates them; Aboian gets the nod on the finest of margins.