Pablo Carreño-Busta vs Sebastian Korda Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Cincinnati Open

Prediction published on 12/08/2024, 06:15  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 12/08/2024 at 07:16 in ATP Cincinnati Open Predictions

Sebastian Korda has been in excellent form this month and will hope for another deep run in Cincinnati. He begins this hard court Masters tournament with a first round match against unseeded Pablo Carreno Busta. Here's our match prediction.

Korda won the Washington title earlier this month and followed that up with a run to the last four in Montreal. His successes have taken the American to a new career high of 15th in the live rankings and the same place in the ATP Race.

He had wins over Taylor Fritz and Alexander Zverev in Montreal and that illustrates just how good he's playing at present. Korda has played Busta twice in the past and lost both of those matches. One was played on a hard court but two years ago,

Pablo Carreno Busta is at 513rd in the last rankings and didn't play this year until May. He was out of action for six months due to elbow surgery and didn't get back onto the tour until Roland Garros. It's not been an easy time for him on his comeback.

Five of his seven matches have been lost. The most recent was in Montreal when being beaten by Holger Rune in straight sets in the second round. Before that he'd had a win over Fabian Marozsan after losing the first set. We tip Korda to win in straight sets.