Aslan Karatsev vs Frances Tiafoe Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Atlanta Open

Prediction published on 23/07/2024, 14:05  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 23/07/2024 at 17:34 in Tennis Predictions

Third seed Frances Tiafoe has his opening match in the 2024 Atlanta Open. He takes on unseeded Aslan Karatsev but can he make it to the quarter finals? Let's find out just what our prediction will be after discussing the form of both players.

Frances Tiafoe is at 29th in the latest rankings and that's earned him a place in the Olympics tournament in Paris. That's on clay but this week he's playing on clay. Tiafoe is playing his first tournament since losing a 2-1 lead to Carlos Alcaraz in the last 32 at Wimbledon.

The American is 28th in the live rankings. On hard courts this year, he's had two quarter final losses with a best of a last four appearance in Delray Beach. The winner of this match will face either Yoshihito Nishioka or Mackenzie McDonald (both unseeded) in the last eight.

He leads Karatsev 2-1 in previous meetings. All three matches were played last year and they are 1-1 on hard courts. The last two have seen three tie-breaks played so a side bet on one in this match might be profitable.

Aslan Karatsev is the world number 107 but was as high as 14th two years ago. He won his last match against Tiafoe, winning in straight sets in the Tokyo hard court tournament. The first round here saw him beat qualifier Billy Harris for the loss of only four games.

That was a much welcome win and ended a run of five successive losses.He's spent a lot of this year on the sidelines due to injury. It was only his second ATP Tour main draw win this year and the first on a hard court. We tip Frances Tiafoe to win this match in straight sets.