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Match Details
Fixture: Daniil Medvedev vs Frances Tiafoe
Date: September 21, 2024
Tournament: Laver Cup 2024
Venue: Uber Arena, Berlin
Surface: Hard
Prize money: $2,250,000
Live telecast: USA - Tennis Channel | Canada - TSN
Daniil Medvedev vs Frances Tiafoe preview
Day 2 of the 2024 Laver Cup will feature a high-octane clash between Daniil Medvedev of Team Europe and Frances Tiafoe of Team World. Medvedev has had a decent season in 2024. The Russian player has a 39-14 record in the season. The last event he played in was the US Open, where he lost to eventual champion Jannik Sinner in the quarter-final.
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The former World No. 1 is yet to win a title in 2024 but has reached a couple of hard-court finals at the Australian Open, the BNP Paribas Open, and a semi-final run at the Wimbledon Championships. The World No. 5 has played at the Laver Cup previously once, in the 2021 edition, where he won his only singles tie against Denis Shapovalov in straight sets.
Frances Tiafoe had a 29-20 record coming in the Laver Cup, with his last event being at the US Open, where the American reached the semi-final for a second time, losing to Taylor Fritz. Barring that the World No. 16 reached finals in Cincinnati and Houston in 2024, losing to Jannik Sinner and Ben Shelton respectively.
Tiafoe has been one of the most prolific Laver Cup players for Team World. Berlin 2024 will be the fifth Laver Cup participation for the American player. He has a 2-3 record in singles and a 3-0 record in doubles. Notably, he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final tie in 2022, giving Team World their first Laver Cup title.
Daniil Medvedev vs Frances Tiafoe head-to-head
Daniil Medvedev has a 5-0 head-to-head record against Frances Tiafoe, with the Russian winning the last match at the BNP Paribas Open semi-final last year.
Daniil Medvedev vs Frances Tiafoe odds
(Odds will be updated once available)
Daniil Medvedev vs Frances Tiafoe prediction
Medvedev's strength is to play on hard courts, as his strong baseline play and flat groundstrokes are effective on the surface. The former World No. 1 has reached sic hard-court Major finals, the last of which was at this year's Australian Open, and won the title at the 2021 US Open. Overall he has a 75 percent win ratio on the surface, with 18 hard-court titles.
Frances Tiafoe also brings his best on the hard courts, as is evident by his performances at the US Open in recent years. Overall the American player has reached four Hrad-court finals in his career, with his sole title coming at the Delray Beach Open in 2018, where he defeated Peter Gojowczyk.
All of Medvedev and Tiafoe's matches have taken place on hard courts, with the Russian winning all of them, while just losing one set to the American. Medvedev will be the favorite in the upcoming match as well.
Pick- Daniil Medvedev in straight sets
