Tommy Paul and Denis Shapovalov will play against each other in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters. The game will start on August 17 at 19:30 UK time.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (-2) for Paul – 1.75.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Over 22 – 1.61.
Paul is showing great performance in his home tournament. Since returning to the hard court, Tommy has made the quarter-finals in Atlanta and also reached this stage at the recent Masters in Montreal.
It is quite possible that the upcoming match will be a long one. Shapovalov is gradually gaining momentum and is unlikely to be easy prey in the upcoming meeting with Paul.
Paul had a successful performance in Montreal last week. He reached the quarter-finals and his biggest achievement was beating Carlos Alcaraz (6-7, 7-6, 6-3) in the second round.
Tommy then defeated Marin Cilic (6-4, 6-2), allowing Marin to take only six games.
In the quarter-finals, Paul lost to Dan Evans, although the start was promising. Tommy won the first set (6-1), but Dan showed great improvement in the later sets.
In Cincinnati, Paul started with a victory over Jenson Brooksby (6-3, 6-2).
Paul has won 5 times in the last 6 meetings against left-handed players.
Shapovalov lost 9 out of 10 matches before the Masters in Cincinnati. It is clear that after such a difficult stretch any player can start having psychological problems, but Denis seems to have managed to find the strength not to think about bad things.
Denis defeated Grigor Dimitrov (7-6, 6-3) on Monday. Everything was decided in the first set on the tie-break. In the second set, Shapovalov dropped only three games to Grigor.
Importantly, Shapovalov never gave up his serve, scoring two break points and taking 87% of points on the first ball.
Last year, Shapovalov failed to reach the second round in Cincinnati.
Shapovalova has had just 1 win in his last 6 matches against the top 50.
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 2.37.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Paul’s Rating – 31
Tommy Paul Wins/Losses in 2022 – 29/20
Shapovalov’s Rating – 21
Denis Shapovalov Wins/Losses in 2022 – 18/17
Paul leads with a score of 2-1 in the head-to-head encounters. The last time they met was at the Queen’s Club Championship. In that game, Paul defeated Shapovalov (6-4, 2-6, 6-4) in three sets.
The match will be played at Grandstand, Lindner Family Tennis Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
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