{"id":51553,"date":"2022-08-16T21:11:07","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T01:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=51553"},"modified":"2022-08-16T23:29:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T03:29:00","slug":"atp-cincinnati-day-4-predictions-kyrgios-fritz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/08\/16\/atp-cincinnati-day-4-predictions-kyrgios-fritz\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Cincinnati Day 4 Predictions Including Nick Kyrgios vs Taylor Fritz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Round 1 of the ATP Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati is complete, with a couple of surprises, including the early exit of Montreal champion Pablo Carreno Busta. That was perhaps overshadowed by an upset featuring a player we recently highlighted<\/a> as a future star, Ben Shelton, who overcame Lorenzo Sonego while yet sitting outside the top 200. The Round of 16 has a bunch of exciting matchups, and we do our best to call the matches. We split the rest of the day’s matches between two other articles. One features Nick Kyrgios vs Taylor Fritz<\/a> and the other features Andy Murray vs Cameron Norrie<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ATP Cincinnati Day 4 Predictions<\/h2>\n

Casper Ruud vs Ben Shelton<\/h4>\n

Head-to-head: first meeting<\/h4>\n

Emerging talent Ben Shelton<\/a> catches a rough draw after looking good against Lorenzo Sonego, who represented the 19 year-old Shelton\u2019s second win on the tour. Ruud is playing exceptional, although he prefers clay, and has a 12-5 record on hard court this year, while hitting his career-high of #5 in the world. I expect these last few weeks will become the \u201cBen Shelton moment\u201d in the future, where we look back and say \u201cThat\u2019s when we first heard of this guy.\u201d But it\u2019s reasonable to expect that he needs a little more time before he\u2019s beating the top 5.
\nPrediction: Ruud in 2<\/em><\/p>\n

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