A spot in the next round is at stake on Wednesday, when Daniel Merida Aguilar goes up against Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the Umag round of 16. Tomas Martin Etcheverry limps in on a 6-match losing skid, just 2 wins in 10. Daniel Merida Aguilar has dropped 3 straight and sits at 3-7 over the last ten.
This is the first career meeting between the two, which means no head-to-head baggage on either side of the net.
The serve is where this match separates: Etcheverry has been winning 72% of first-serve points to Aguilar's 65.1%, and on clay that gap compounds fast. Little separates them; Etcheverry gets the nod on the finest of margins.