Alexei Popyrin vs Matteo Arnaldi Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Shanghai Masters

Prediction published on 04/10/2023, 07:46  by Daniel Ngulu in Tennis Predictions

Unseeded Alexei Popyrin and Matteo Arnaldi will meet in the first round at the Shanghai Masters on Thursday. Popyrin lost his last three matches. His last defeat was on indoor hard court in Astana less than a week ago. As he has already defeated Arnaldi this year, the Australian will be confident of ending this woeful run. Popyrin beat Arnaldi in his title-winning run in Umag back in July in their first meeting. The 24-year-old is currently ranked 43rd in the live ranking and is making his Shanghai main draw debut. Popyrin has compiled a 33-24 record and won 16 of 28 fixtures on hard courts.

Matteo Arnaldi is making his Shanghai debut and arrives here having won seven of his last 10 matches. The Italian rose from the qualifying rounds in Beijing to make it to the second round in what was his debut. Arnaldi has won 47 of the 60 matches he has played this season and has registered 19 of his victories on hard courts. The surface has also produced one of his three challenger titles this year. Arnaldi’s recent strong form has propelled him into a new career world ranking. He is currently ranked 42nd in the live ranking. The winner of this match will advance to play 21st seed Jan-Lennard Struff next.