A spot in the next round is at stake on Thursday, when Alex De Minaur goes up against Luciano Darderi in the Hamburg quarterfinal. Luciano Darderi is 7-3 across recent matches. Alex De Minaur has won 3 in a row and 6 of the last 10 overall.
Alex De Minaur leads the head-to-head 1-0, and history has a way of mattering in matchups like this one. On clay specifically it reads 1-0 Minaur — worth more than the overall number this week.
There's a wide gap in our ratings on clay, and our number follows from it. The edge belongs to Darderi — real, but not the kind you take for granted at this level.