Pablo Carreño-Busta vs Denis Shapovalov Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP US Open

Prediction published on 07/09/2020, 08:33  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 07/09/2020 at 09:34 in Tennis Predictions

The US Open draw was blown wide open after the defaulting of Novak Djokovic in the fourth round. That led to a win for 20th seeded Pablo Carreno Busta and he now takes on Denis Shapovalov who is seeded eight places above him. Busta was 6-5 ahead in the first set when the costly incident for Djokovic occurred. That win has taken Busta into his third Grand Slam quarter final. The other two both took place in 2017 with the Spaniard making it to the last four in New York before losing to Kevin Anderson in four sets. Since then, he's struggled in Grand Slams with just two fourth round appearances in Australia, before his success (or luck) this week. Busta nearly lost in the first round, having to come from two sets to one down against Yasutaka Uchiyama. Before this week, his best 2020 performance was reaching the sem-final of a hard court tournament in Rotterdam in February. 

Denis Shapovalov is ranked 17th in the world (ten places above his opponent) but 13th in the live rankings. This is the first time he has made it past the fourth round of a Grand Slam but it won't be the last that's for sure. He had a great end to 2019 winning the Paris Masters beating Djokovic in the semi-final and Nadal in the final. Then with Canada, reaching the final of the Davis Cup. He hasn't really pushed on this year and lost in the first round of the Australian Open and the last 32 of the recent Western & Southern Open. This tournament has seen a return to form though with wins over 19th seeded Taylor Fritz and in the last sixteen, he beat seventh seed David Goffin. All of his matches have gone to at least four sets and he had to come from two sets to one down against Fritz to win in the third round. He looks to be in good form and up for a battle but has lost three of his four matches against his opponent.