Marin Cilic vs Roberto Bautista-Agut Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Australian Open

Prediction published on 22/01/2020, 18:05  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 22/01/2020 at 19:06 in ATP Australian Open Prediction

Roberto Bautista Agut is the ninth seed for the Australian Open men's singles. He takes on Marin Cilic who is ranked 39th in the world going into this tournament. Agut has had to beat Feliciano Lopez in the first round in straight sets and then had to go to four sets to defeat Michael Mmoh. The Spaniard had  a successful 2019 and broke into the world's top ten for the first time. He reached the quarter finals here last year losing to Stefanos Tsitsipas and beating Marin Cilic in the last sixteen. Later in the year, he mucked up his stag party plans by reaching the Wimbledon semi-final where he took a set off Novak Djokovic. His year ended with being part of the Spanish team that won the Davis Cup and reached the final of the ATP Cup with them earlier this month. Agut won all six of his matches in that tournament without dropping a set. 

Marin Cilic defeated Corentin Moutet in the first round and then knocked out 21st seed Benoit Paire after trailing by two sets to one. He had a poor 2019 and after being ranked in the top ten this time last year has slipped to 39. He failed to make it past the fourth round of any of the Grand Slam events last year. This year began with the ATP Cup, he won two of this three singles matches but didn't beat anyone in the top 100. Go for Agut to win this match.