The ATP Lyon 250 provides a nice transition between Rome and Roland Garros, and features some lower level players who provide the stage for possible fun upsets. We call a couple of these below at we look at Day 2 of ATP action in Lyon.<\/p>\n
Head-to-head: first meeting
\nThis match is trickier than the 150-place differential between their rankings would suggest. Humbert is one of the top 50 players playing the worst this year, and he is playing on his least favorite surface. There might be plenty of low-level players that I would pick over Humbert here, but Barrere cannot even be considered a career Challenger player; he has far more experience in Futures tournaments than even on the Challenger Tour<\/a>. He\u2019s not a bad clay player at those levels, but is 1-7 on the surface in ATP competition. The level of play here should be below main draw level (although it may get a hometown boost from both being French players), and Barrere is too inexperienced and unaccomplished to pick against even a struggling top 50 player. But Humbert doesn\u2019t give me any confidence<\/a> at the moment.
\nPrediction: Humbert in 3<\/em><\/p>\n