Khachanov - Cherundolo. ATP Cincinnati match forecast
Khachanov and Cherundolo will fight in the first round of the tournament in Cincinnati on August 13. How will their fight end? - read our forecast

Command Analysis

Karen Khachanov

Khachanov took part in the Montreal Masters last week, where he only managed to get through the first round before losing to Matteo Arnaldi. On outdoor hard courts, Karen has 11 wins and eight losses this season. He showed his best result on this surface at the tournament in Doha, which he won. At the moment, the Russian has six ATP titles to his credit.

Francisco Cerundolo

Cerundolo has only three wins and six losses on open hard courts this season. He only managed to get past the starting round at the Australian Open and the Miami Masters. It should be noted that Francisco has one title to his credit this year. At the end of July, he won on clay in Umag - in the final of that tournament, he beat Lorenzo Musetti. Last season in Cincinnati, Cerundolo lost to Dusan Lajovic in the first round.
Trends
Match Tie-Break Bet - Yes
Three of Cherundolo's last five matches have gone to tiebreaks
2.07Rate Set Result: 2>1
In 3 of Khachanov's last 5 matches, events have developed according to this scenario
2.32Tip and bets
Khachanov has not played consistently in the last few tournaments. Of course, Karen will have the advantage on hard in the upcoming match, but given the Russian's current playing condition, we don't think his victory in this pair will be easy.
Our prediction is a victory for Cherundolo with a handicap of (+3) games at odds of 1.77
Bet on total
The last face-to-face meeting between the tennis players on open hard was played in three sets. We expect that in the upcoming match between Khachanov and Cherundolo everything will be decided in three sets.
The second forecast is total over 22 games for odds of 1.83
Bet on the first set
Three of Cerundolo's last five matches have seen the first set go to fewer than 9.5 games. Francisco's upcoming match against Khachanov will likely also start with a low-scoring first set.
Forecast - total under 9.5 games in the first set for odds of 1.94