Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP US Open

Prediction published on 30/08/2023, 08:07  by Nella Wagah in Tennis Predictions

Juan Manuel Cerundolo will face Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the second round of the US Open on Wednesday. Coming into this match, Cerundolo needed more than three hours to win in the first round. The Argentine came out tops in five sets against Ilya Ivashka, battling from two sets down to win. It was a positive start to his debut at Flushing Meadows and he will hope to be as resilient on Wednesday. Cerundolo has compiled a 34-23 record thus far this season with four of his victories coming in his five outings on hard court. Despite his topsy-turvy form, he has won two of the three challenger finals he has played. The opening round win has moved him up seven places to 86th in the live ranking.

Despite winning his opening-round match, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina is down four places to 25th in the live ranking. This is after he lost 135 ranking points. He will hope to claw back those points with a sustained run here. The Spaniard was more decisive in the first round than Cerundolo and defeated Marcos Giron in straight sets. The win was his 16th on hard court, a surface that has produced the majority of his 28 wins this year. Davidovich Fokina has won seven of his last 10 matches. He made it to the semifinals at the Canadian Open earlier this month. The 24-year-old made it to the fourth round here last season to equal his best-ever result. The winner here will play either 14th-seed Tommy Paul or the unseeded Roman Safiullin next.