Albert Ramos-Vinolas and Fabio Fognini will face each other in the first round of the Cincinnati Masters. The game will start on August 16 at 15:00 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (+2) for Fognini – 1.72.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Under 24 – 1.62.
Ramos is the favourite for the meeting. There is no surprise since he showed a good game in Montreal. However, I don’t want to underestimate Fognini. He is an uncomfortable opponent for Albert. Fabio has won 10 of his 13 games against Albert. The hard court is not Ramos’ favourite surface, so we can’t rule out another win for Fognini.
Most head-to-head encounters between Ramos and Fognini have ended in two sets. It’s unlikely to change much now.
Albert Ramos-Vinolas surprised everyone in Montreal. In Canada, Ramos not only picked up his first hard-court win of the season but also reached the round of 16. He defeated David Goffin (7-6, 6-2) and Diego Schwartzman (6-4, 6-2).
In the third round, he played against Hubert Hurkacz (7-6, 2-6, 6-7). It seemed that Hubert would get a confident win. However, Ramos made a lot of trouble for Hubert. He managed to beat Albert only in three sets.
Ramos-Vinolas has seven successive wins over lower-ranked opponents.
Fognini has fallen to 61st place in the ATP rankings. His last successful tournament was in Belgrade. At the end of April, Fabio reached the semi-finals of that competition. In that game, he lost to Andrey Rublev (2-6, 2-6).
It is worth noting that Fabio could not get into the main draw of Cincinnati. He did not qualify. After beating Kwon Soon-Woo (5-7, 6-4, 7-6), he lost to Marcos Giron (6-7, 5-7). However, the organisers gave him the status of a lucky loser.
Fognini has lost his last 10 meetings against the representatives of the top 50.
In four of Fognini’s last six matches, less than 9.5 games were played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games – Under 9.5” with odds of 2.24.
In 5 of the last 6 face-to-face meetings, two sets have been played. We offer to bet on “Total Sets – Under 2.5” with odds of 1.48.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Ramos-Vinolas’ Rating – 40
Albert Ramos-Vinolas Wins/Losses in 2022 – 24/22
Fognini’s Rating – 61
Fabio Fognini Wins/Losses in 2022 – 18/18
Fabio Fognini leads in the head-to-head matches with a score of 10-3. The last time they met was at Wimbledon in 2021. In that match, Fognini defeated Ramos-Vinolas (7-6, 6-2, 6-4) in three sets.
The match will be played at Lindner Family Tennis Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
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