A spot in the next round is at stake on Saturday, when Hugo Dellien goes up against Valerio Aboian in the Guayaquil semifinal. Hugo Dellien brings a 3-match winning streak into this one, 8-2 across the last ten. Valerio Aboian brings a 3-match winning streak into this one, 7-3 across the last ten.
There's a wide gap in our ratings on clay, and our number follows from it. Dellien comes in off a compressed schedule; Aboian arrives with very little recovery time. Expect resistance, but the match-level math tilts clearly toward Dellien.