Casper Ruud vs Felix Auger Aliassime Prediction & Picks - ATP Cincinnati Open

Prediction published on 8/14/24, 9:00 PM  by Lou Aguila | Modified on 8/14/24 at 9:04 PM in ATP Cincinnati Open Picks

After being denied a medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Casper Ruud's opportunity to extract revenge on Felix Auger-Aliassime could not come sooner, as the two players meet in the second round of the 2024 Cincinnati Open. Ruud, who lost to Auger-Aliassime 6-4 6-7(8) 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the men’s singles competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics, will kick off his Cincinnati Open campaign against the man who prevented him from bringing glory to his home land Norway. Ruud’s caliber as a legitimate top-10 player shouldn’t be put in question. He has been in three Grand Slam finals, including a finals stint at 2022 US Open championships where he lost to Carlos Alcaraz. Totting a 60 percent win rate on the hard court, Ruud has the skills and the experience to make a deep run in these hard-court tournaments like the Cincinnati Masters and the upcoming US Open championship. It’s just a matter of time for him to blow up in the tennis scene again. Meanwhile, Auger-Aliassime arranged a second-round clash with Ruud after putting on a clinical 6-3, 6-1 win over Aleksander Kovacevic on Tuesday. Aliassime, who lost to Lorenzo Musetti of Italy in the battle for third in the men’s singles event but still ended up with a bronze in the mixed doubles category in Paris, is raring for another shot at an ATP Masters 1000 title after bowing to the Andrey Rublev of Russia in a hotly-contested three-set duel 6–4, 5–7, 5–7 at the 2024 Madrid Open in May.