Cincinnati 2024: Sebastian Korda vs Pablo Carreno Busta preview, head-to-head, prediction, odds and pick | Western & Southern Open

Match details

Fixture: (16) Sebastian Korda vs (PR) Pablo Carreno Busta

Date: August 13, 2024

Tournament: Cincinnati Open 2024

Round: First Round (Round of 64)

Venue: Lindner Family Tennis Center, Ohio, USA

Category: WTA 1000

Surface: Hard

Prize money: $6,795,555

Live telecast: USA - Tennis Channel | Canada - TSN | UK - Sky UK | India - Sony Liv

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Sebastian Korda vs Pablo Carreno Busta preview

The first round of the 2024 Cincinnati Open will feature a match between 16th-seeded Sebastian Korda and Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain. Korda has a 31-17 record in 2024 with a title to his name. Over the past weeks, the young American has been one of the most in-form players on the ATP circuit.

After his shock first-round loss against Giovani Mpetshi Perricard at Wimbledon, Korda turned his season around. He won his second career title, winning the Citi Open, beating Flavio Cobolli in the final. He backed up the performance with a semi-final run at the Canadian Open, losing to Alexei Popyrin. Apart from these performances, Korda also reached the final of the Libema Open this year.

Pablo Carreno Busta is making a comeback on the ATP Tour in 2024 after recovering from injury. The former Top 10 player has secured only one win on the ATP circuit this year, which came at the Canadian Open when he defeated Fabian Marozsan of Hungary in the first round. He lost to Holger Rune in the following match.

The Spaniard has predominantly played at challenger events this season, to build up his game to compete at the highest level possible. The former World No. 10 used his protected ranking to enter into the main draw of the Cincinnati Open.

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Sebastian Korda vs Pablo Carreno Busta head-to-head

Pablo Carreno Busta has a 2-0 lead in the head-to-head against Sebastian Korda, having won the last match at the Terra Wortmann Open in 2022.

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Sebastian Korda vs Pablo Carreno Busta odds

Player Name	Moneyline	Handicap Bets	Total Games
Pablo Carreno Busta	+350	TBD	TBD
Sebastian Korda	-550	TBD	TBD

(Odds are sourced from BetMGM)

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Sebastian Korda vs Pablo Carreno Busta prediction

Korda has been on a hot streak of results since his victory at the Citi Open. The American has notched up some impressive victories in the past few weeks, including one over World No. 4 Alexander Zverev in the Canadian Open quarter-final.

However, Korda's record at the Cincinnati Open is very poor, winning only 43 percent of his matches so far. Pablo Carreno Busta's current ranking is beyond 500 as he skipped the tennis season for most of 2023, and a substantial part of this season. His last title came at the 2022 Canadian Open, where the Spaniard defeated Hubert Hurkacz in the final.

Given their current form, and the fact that the Spaniard is coming after a long injury layoff, Korda is the outright favorite to win this match.

Pick- Korda to win in straight sets.