Mackenzie McDonald and Carlos Alcaraz Garfia will face each other in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters. The game will start on August 17 at 00:00 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (-5) for Alcaraz – 1.87.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Under 21.5 – 1.61.
The tennis players met this season at the Indian Wells Masters and in that match, Alcaraz won with a convincing score in two sets. We believe that Carlos will win this match as well. However, it won’t be a blowout.
The only head-to-head encounter between the two players ended in two sets. We expect a similar scenario in the upcoming encounter.
McDonald started with a confident win over Nikoloz Basilashvili (6-0, 6-1). There was no fight at all in this match. Nikoloz took only one game. By the way, it took Mackenzie 53 minutes to complete the match.
In Montreal last week, McDonald was defeated by Alex Molcan (6-7, 4-6), although he was close to his opponent on the whole.
At the tournament in Washington, he also failed to get through a single round. Here he was stopped by Emil Ruusuvuori (6-1, 4-6, 4-6).
In Atlanta, McDonald defeated Denis Kudla (6-2, 7-6) but then lost to Jenson Brooksby (3-6, 4-6).
Four of McDonald’s last five matches have ended in two sets.
Alcaraz, meanwhile, failed at the Masters in Montreal, although he was almost called the main favourite.
Աlready in the first match, Carlos lost to Tommy Paul (7-6, 6-7, 3-6). Carlos was in complete control until halfway through the second set, but eventually, the crowd got to witness an unbelievable comeback.
Despite all the successes, Alcaraz still made a lot of mistakes. He will not be back on top of the leaderboard soon.
Alcaraz reached the clay-court finals in Hamburg and Umag in July, losing to Lorenzo Musetti (4-6, 7-6, 4-6) and Jannik Sinner (7-6, 1-6, 1-6) respectively in the final matches.
Alcaraz has won the opening match in 10 of the 12 tournaments as the season progresses.
In 3 of Alcaraz’s last 5 matches, more than 9.5 games have been played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games – Over 9.5” with odds of 1.99.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
McDonald’s Rating – 72
Mackenzie McDonald Wins/Losses in 2022 – 18/22
Alcaraz’s Rating – 4
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia Wins/Losses in 2022 – 42/10
Carlos Alcaraz has secured a win on the hard court this season (6-3, 6-3).
The match will be played at Grandstand, Lindner Family Tennis Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
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