Garcia-Lopez @1.44 - Defending champion, good form and obviously he likes playing there ( 3 times participating ; 2008-quarter final, 2013-final and as mentioned Winner in 2015)
Pouille @1.33 - Pouille is in good shape ( won in Monte Carlo against Gasquet in 3, before losing to Tsonga 6:4, 6:4 ; now he already beat Lajovic in 1st round, who prefers playing on clay), also H2H is 1:0 for Lucas(6:1, 6:4 on Paris masters 2014) . While Ivo played only 5 matches this season and lost all he will tomorrow play on worst surface for him, slow clay. So I can"t see Pouille losing that one.
Lorenzi @1.57 - Really good season so far for Paolo, also H2H is 1:0 for him (6:4, 6:4 on clay in 2013) .He is so far 12:7 on clay in this season, losing only against solid clay players except of lose against Tommy Paul (loses on clay: G.Melzer , Belluci, Nadal, Delbonis, Rola, Monfils ; some wins on clay : 2x Schwartzman, Fognini, Tomic, H. Zeballos, A. Martin, Falla, Andujar, Cecchinato)
Kohlschreiber @1.36 - Philipp is in good form, he won easily in 2nd round, losing just 3 games vs Carreno Busta. So he is really solid player for already almost 10 years. Always ranked in top 50, around 30th place. He likes this tournament ( 3x participating there , this is now 4th time : 2013 - semifinal ; 2014 - quarterfinal ; 2015 - quarterfinal ) and he is 209:149 in career when playing on clay. His opponent is Feliciano Lopez whose worst surface is definitely slow clay. His career record on clay is 167:157(but he played first ATP match on clay already in 1997, while Kohslchreiber played first time on clay in 2001). May be it won"t be that easy but I can"t see Kohlschreiber losing that one.
Kuznetsov Andrey @1.25 - Andrey is young, 25 years old, ranked 47th , playing the best season of his career( 15-7 in 2016, losing only against Chardy, Kyrgios, Wawrinka, Cilic, Troicki, Monfils and Nadal. All those players have better ranking than Andrey and even all those losses were close). His favourite surface is definitely clay where his career record is respectable 199-93 . His opponent today will be "almighty Radek" , who is 37 years old, currently ranked 159th. Stepanek is solid 4:0 on clay in 2016, with all wins from this current tournament in Barcelona. His career score on clay is 180:118(beginning in 1997) and I have to mention that he had never before reached 2nd round of this tournament(now he did it first time, with win against Roger Vasselin in 1st round). Considering current forms, age of the players and fact that Radek already played 4 matches there(including qualies) , I believe that Kuznetsov should win it in straight sets.
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