Fabio Fognini and Andrey Rublev will play against each other in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters. The game will start on August 17 at 17:00 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (+4) for Rublev – 1.72.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Under 22 – 1.69.
The tennis players have played 10 head-to-head encounters. The score so far is 5-5. However, Rublev has been winning a lot in recent matches. This season, by the way, he defeated Fabio at a tournament in Belgrade. That match ended 6-2, 6-2. Now Fabio is not having the best time.
Four of the last five matches between Fognini and Rublev have ended in two sets. It’s likely that nothing will change much now.
Fognini made it to the main draw as a lucky loser. Fabio initially failed to qualify, losing in the decisive qualifying round to Marcos Giron (6-7, 5-7).
That said, Fabio had no problems at all in the first round. He confidently defeated Albert Ramos-Vinolas (6-2, 6-3).
In Montreal, Fognini qualified but then lost to Holger Rune (3-6, 5-7).
Earlier this season, Fognini had never won more than one match on the hard court.
Fognini has lost his last 11 meetings against the top 10.
Rublev, meanwhile, arrived in Cincinnati after a depressing week in Montreal. Contrary to expectations, he did not manage to go a single round at the Canadian Masters.
In his first match, Andrey sensationally lost to Dan Evans (4-6, 4-6). Dan had to win in two sets.
Rublev reached the semi-finals in Washington before that. It was not a bad result, but he was unlikely to be happy with it. He was one step from the final, losing to Yoshihito Nishioka (3-6, 4-6).
Rublev reached the final in Cincinnati last year, where he lost to Alexander Zverev (2-6, 3-6).
Rublev has 4 wins in his last 7 hard-court matches at the Masters.
In 4 of the last 5 head-to-head meetings, less 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 1.92.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Fognini’s Rating – 61
Fabio Fognini Wins/Losses in 2022 – 19/18
Rublev’s Rating – 8
Andrey Rublev Wins/Losses in 2022 – 35/13
The score in the head-to-head encounters is tied at 1:1. The last time they met was at Serbia Open in 2022. In that match, Rublev defeated Fognini with a score of 6-2, 6-2.
The match will be played at Court 4, Lindner Family Tennis Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
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