Daniil Medvedev and Denis Shapovalov will play against each other in the 1/16 finals of the Cincinnati Masters. The game will start on August 18 at 18:00 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (-4) for Medvedev – 1.64.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Under 23 – 1.51.
Medvedev is in excellent form at the moment. We believe that Shapovalov, who is not in the optimum playing conditions, should not become a serious problem for him. All the more so, in their last head-to-head game, Daniil lost just four games.
The last two head-to-head encounters ended in two sets with Medvedev winning. We expect a similar scenario in the upcoming match. Daniel is in excellent form and after his victory in Los Cabos, he is ready to do the same on the Cincinnati courts.
Regardless of this week’s result, Medvedev will remain in 1st place in the ATP rankings until at least the end of the US Open. He was helped in this by Rafael Nadal, who suddenly lost to Borna Coric. Rafa could have become world #1 had he won in Cincinnati.
Medvedev defeated Botic van de Zandschulp (6-4, 7-5) in the first match. It was not an easy match, even though he had enough in two sets. The second set was especially difficult, despite the fact that his opponent had problems on the first serve.
For his first match at the tournament, Medvedev showed good tennis. There is every reason to say that he will be even better.
Last year, Medvedev reached the semi-finals in Cincinnati, where he lost to Andrey Rublev (6-2, 3-6, 3-6).
Medvedev has recorded 4 wins in his last 5 meetings against left-handers.
Shapovalov, meanwhile, finally won two matches in a row. It was the first time since the Masters was in Rome.
On Wednesday, Denis defeated Tommy Paul (3-6, 6-4, 6-3).
Denis dropped the first set and dropped two break points in the second set, but somehow managed to win eight games.
As you know, before the Cincinnati tournament, Shapovalov lost nine matches out of ten.
Shapovalov has lost 4 times in his last 7 matches against players from the top 10.
In 3 of Shapovalov’s last 5 matches, less than 9.5 games have been played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games – Under 9.5” with odds of 1.79.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Medvedev’s Rating – 1
Daniil Medvedev Wins/Losses in 2022 – 32/11
Shapovalov’s Rating – 21
Denis Shapovalov Wins/Losses in 2022 – 19/17
The score is tied at 2-2. The last time they met was at Laver Cup in 2021. In that match, Medvedev defeated Shapovalov with a score of 6-4, 6-0.
The match will be played at Grandstand, Lindner Family Tennis Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
We recommend checking out the odds for the Cincinnati Masters: Medvedev vs Shapovalov at 22bet and MelBet.