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Match details
Fixture: Frances Tiafoe vs (14) Lorenzo Musetti
Date: August 14, 2024
Tournament: Cincinnati Open 2024
Round: Second Round (Round of 32)
Venue: Lindner Family Tennis Center, Ohio, USA
Category: ATP Masters 1000
Surface: Hard
Prize money: $6,795,555
Live telecast: USA - Tennis Channel | Canada - TSN | UK - Sky UK | India - Sony Liv
Frances Tiafoe vs Lorenzo Musetti preview
The second round of the 2024 Cincinnati Open will see home favorite Frances Tiafoe take on the in-form Lorenzo Musetti of Italy. Tiafoe's form leading up to the Cincinnati Open has been mixed. He reached the semi-final of the Citi Open, losing to Sebastian Korda, but lost in the opening round of the Canadian Open against Alejandro Tabilo.
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Overall, Tiafoe's 2024 season has been topsy-turvy. The American has had some decent results but has been in between disappointing outcomes. The best result for the World No. 27 came at the Houston Open where he reached the finals, losing to Ben Shelton. Barring that, he reached the semi-final of the Delray Beach Open. He had a straight-set win over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the first round of the Cincinnati Open.
Lorenzo Musetti has been in a streak of hot form in the last few months. The Italian was last seen in action at the Paris Olympics, where he bagged the bronze medal, defeating Felix Auger-Aliassime in the bronze medal playoff.
The World No. 18 has been in tremendous form in the last few events he has played. Finals at the Queen's Club Championships, the Croatia Open, Semi-finals at the Paris Olympics, Wimbledon, and the Stuttgart Open have been some of the results for the Italian in the last few months. Musetti recovered after being a set down against Nicolas Jarry to win his first-round match at the Cincinnati Open.
Frances Tiafoe vs Lorenzo Musetti head-to-head
The head-to-head between the two players is tied at 2-2, with Tiafoe winning the last match at last year's Stuttgart Open.
Frances Tiafoe vs Lorenzo Musetti odds
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Frances Tiafoe vs Lorenzo Musetti prediction
In his first-round match, Tiafoe could only deliver 39 percent of his first serves. However, the American player won 77 percent of his first serve points and was able to win 56 percent of points on his second serve. His 18-8 winner/unforced error ratio was good and enabled him to take control of the match, along with a 68 percent win over the opponent's second serve during return games.
On the other hand, Musetti won 85 percent of his first serve points in his first-round match and won 76 percent of his total service points. However, the Italian's return games were weak as he could not break his opponent even once, and could only win 24 percent of the total return points in the entire encounter.
Tiafoe being the local favorite will have the crowd support behind him, and Musetti's streak of performances has predominantly come on clay and grass surfaces. Therefore Tiafoe will have the advantage in this match.
Pick- Tiafoe to win in straight sets
