{"id":52757,"date":"2022-10-07T14:21:35","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T18:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=52757"},"modified":"2022-10-07T14:21:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T18:21:35","slug":"atp-tokyo-semifinal-predictions-fritz-shapovalov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/10\/07\/atp-tokyo-semifinal-predictions-fritz-shapovalov\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Tokyo Semifinal Predictions Including Taylor Fritz vs Denis Shapovalov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just four players remain in contention for the title at the 2022 ATP Japan Open in Tokyo. Denis Shapovalov and Taylor Fritz meet in a very high-profile semifinal, while Frances Tiafoe will try to stop the amazing run of Soon-woo Kwon. Who do you think will make it to the championship match?<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Tokyo Semifinal Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Soon-woo Kwon vs Frances Tiafoe<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> Tiafoe 1-0<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t a certainty that Frances Tiafoe would just kick on from his <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/us-open\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">US Open<\/a> run, but it <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/09\/08\/frances-tiafoe-grand-slam-semifinalist\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">looks like he has<\/a>. The American scored that phenomenal comeback win against Stefanos Tsitsipas at Laver Cup and has been very dominant in Tokyo so far.<\/p>\n<p>Soon-woo Kwon turned his season around in one week. A string of poor results led to the South Korean falling out of the top 100 recently, but he&#8217;ll be back up there with this big run, which he kicked off by upsetting Alex de Minaur in straight sets.<\/p>\n<p>Is this where the fairytale ends? Probably. Tiafoe&#8217;s one of these players who can be extremely threatening when on a hot streak. If he plays his best, he should have a big edge in this matchup.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Tiafoe in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"qWXp91RRRiVAkLhW5Lf5DQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1431241619\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'qWXp91RRRiVAkLhW5Lf5DQ',sig:'9RjJH7IRUfCo9GTYwgCGaJ2z9kyp90bZ612ZxNnTp0A=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1431241619',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Denis Shapovalov vs Taylor Fritz<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> Shapovalov 4-1<\/p>\n<p>After suffering from COVID-19 last week, Taylor Fritz hasn&#8217;t been at his best. He still managed to pull through James Duckworth and Hiroki Moriya, but it wasn&#8217;t pretty.<\/p>\n<p>The same cannot be said about Denis Shapovalov, who <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/10\/06\/denis-shapovalov-enjoying-his-asian-swing\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">seems to have found a rich vein of form<\/a> of late. There were some signs at Cincinnati and the US Open, but he truly resurfaced last week in Seoul, only falling to Yoshihito Nishioka in the final.<\/p>\n<p>The head-to-head lead is probably a matter of sample size rather than a matchup issue. As it stands though, Shapovalov seems likely to score another win over Fritz as he&#8217;s been way more comfortable on the court this week.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Shapovalov in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just four players remain in contention for the title at the 2022 ATP Japan Open in Tokyo. Denis Shapovalov and Taylor Fritz meet in a very high-profile semifinal, while Frances Tiafoe will try to stop the amazing run of Soon-woo Kwon. Who do you think will make it to the championship match? 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