{"id":72007,"date":"2024-08-17T23:35:30","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T03:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=72007"},"modified":"2024-08-17T23:35:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T03:35:30","slug":"atp-cincinnati-semifinal-predictions-zverev-sinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2024\/08\/17\/atp-cincinnati-semifinal-predictions-zverev-sinner\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Cincinnati Semifinal Predictions Including Jannik Sinner vs Alexander Zverev"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The semifinal matches at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati feature two very different matchups: we have one clash between two candidates to end the year ranked #1 and<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Cincinnati Semifinal Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Frances Tiafoe vs Holger Rune<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head<\/strong>: first meeting<\/p>\n<p>Both players are having great weeks here, returning to a Masters 1000 semifinal after a long time. For Tiafoe it would be a first final at this level, while Rune would be trying to win a second Masters 1000 title in his fourth final. It is a very difficult match to call, it should be a very close and tightly contested match decided by who plays the big points better. Rune&#8217;s superior experience in the late stages of these big events might give him a slight edge on paper, but it would not shock anyone if Tiafoe made it into the final on the back of a big serving performance and some clutch winners.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Rune in 3<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"sMMWa_xMRzx4y-8E_1XgLA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2166783057\" 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:'sMMWa_xMRzx4y-8E_1XgLA',sig:'QDA2QVzWXZW1DTb8GPZzf5G5XafX8avKESnfsIY_7bM=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2166783057',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Alexander Zverev vs Jannik Sinner<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head<\/strong>: Zverev 4-1 Sinner<\/p>\n<p>This is a match that might be pivotal in many ways; it could even potentially play a key role in deciding the year end #1, especially since the winner will be favored to take the title on Monday. On such a fast court as this one, the match should be dominated by the server, with a few key points here and there deciding the outcome. Neither has been getting great results lately and both could really use a big title here to get some momentum and confidence ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/category\/us-open\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">US Open<\/a>, so this is definitely a very important match for both players. Zverev might have a clear head to head advantage but those matches all occured before Sinner became the top player he is today. As things stand currently, this is a 50\/50 matchup in most circumstances.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Zverev in 3<\/p>\n<p>[tgdcta items=&#8221;1&#8243; id=&#8221;180848&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The semifinal matches at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Cincinnati feature two very different matchups: we have one clash between two candidates to end the year ranked #1 and ATP Cincinnati Semifinal Predictions Frances Tiafoe vs Holger Rune Head-to-head: first meeting Both players are having great weeks here, returning to a Masters 1000 semifinal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1742,"featured_media":65506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[85,15615,7966,12813,4657,42361,348,15512,7605,16281,5862,15518,2373,2369],"class_list":["post-72007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-alexander-zverev","tag-alexander-zverev-predictions","tag-atp-cincinnati-predictions","tag-atp-picks","tag-atp-predictions","tag-cincinnati-open-predictions","tag-frances-tiafoe","tag-frances-tiafoe-predictions","tag-holger-rune","tag-holger-rune-predictions","tag-jannik-sinner","tag-jannik-sinner-predictions","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1742"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}