{"id":88743,"date":"2025-08-14T11:42:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T15:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=88743"},"modified":"2025-08-14T11:42:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T15:42:39","slug":"atp-cincinnati-quarterfinal-predictions-sinner-auger-aliassime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/08\/14\/atp-cincinnati-quarterfinal-predictions-sinner-auger-aliassime\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Cincinnati Quarterfinal Predictions Including Jannik Sinner vs Felix Auger-Aliassime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two men&#8217;s quarterfinals will be played on Thursday at the ATP 1000 event in Cincinnati, with just over a week remaining before the start of the US Open. World No. 1 Jannik Sinner will look to snap a losing run against Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, while Holger Rune will have to face Terence Atmane, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/08\/12\/atmanes-rise-continues-in-cincinnati\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">who has broken through on the ATP Tour this week<\/a>. LWOT previews the two matches below.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>ATP Cincinnati Quarterfinal Predictions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4><strong>Holger Rune vs Terence Atmane<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> First meeting<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a dream week for Atmane, which peaked Wednesday after the Frenchman stunned Taylor Fritz 3-6 7-5 6-3 for his first Top 10 win. Atmane is a qualifier at this tournament, and he will debut in the Top 100 as a result. Rune is defending semifinalist points at this event, and he&#8217;s been steady this tournament with three straight-set wins. The latest win, in the third round over Frances Tiafoe, was courtesy of a retirement from the American.<\/p>\n<p>The Dane might be a little more refreshed and should ultimately be the favorite. Neither players have been able to make a ton of first serves in their previous matches, hovering around 50-60%, so that shot will be critical. Rune has the tendency to break down physically in hot conditions, but he hasn&#8217;t played a ton of matches, and it may be tough for Atmane to back up a big win. Expect a tough two-setter, though Atmane can cause the upset if he can extend the rallies.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Rune in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a  id=\"WsyRS5NvSSVT57zBJ19qjg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2229578482\" 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:'WsyRS5NvSSVT57zBJ19qjg',sig:'RznsIJhYejof28Yn5DOvDZ5i9FuUlEHsNZnwoJR3HGE=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2229578482',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Jannik Sinner vs Felix Auger-Aliassime<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> Auger Aliassime 2-0<\/p>\n<p>Auger-Aliassime could use a big tournament result in Cincinnati, and it&#8217;s already been a strong event for the Canadian should he lose in this stage. He&#8217;s just inside the Top 30, and typically plays his best tennis on these types of hard courts. However, Sinner is on a nine-match winning streak, and he hasn&#8217;t dropped a set here. The Italian was vulnerable at times in a 6-4 7-6(4) win over Adrian Mannarino in the fourth round, and Auger-Aliassime did defeat the Italian at this very event in 2022. Sinner&#8217;s consistency has greatly improved since then, something that Auger-Aliassime still struggles with. Because of that, Sinner should be the strong favorite to get through this match, but I won&#8217;t rule out a three-setter here.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Sinner in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two men&#8217;s quarterfinals will be played on Thursday at the ATP 1000 event in Cincinnati, with just over a week remaining before the start of the US Open. World No. 1 Jannik Sinner will look to snap a losing run against Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, while Holger Rune will have to face Terence Atmane, who has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4624,"featured_media":61854,"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":[7966,42361,1219,15554,5862,15518,2373,2369],"class_list":["post-88743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-atp-cincinnati-predictions","tag-cincinnati-open-predictions","tag-felix-auger-aliassime","tag-felix-auger-aliassime-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\/88743","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\/4624"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88743"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88746,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88743\/revisions\/88746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}