Shelton vs Opelka. Prediction and bets on the ATP Cincinnati match

Western & Southern Open. centre-court

Ben SheltonUSA

Reilly OpelkaUSA

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Shelton and Opelka will meet in the first round of the tournament in Cincinnati on August 13. Which of the opponents should you give preference to in this confrontation? - read our forecast

Command Analysis

Ben Shelton

Shelton had a less than ideal trip to Montreal last week. In that Masters, he beat Alexander Bublik in the first round, but then lost to Alexei Popyrin. However, Ben had reached the semifinals in Washington a week earlier. It should be noted that the American has one title to his credit this season - he won the clay court competition in Houston in April.

Reilly Opelka

Opelka has played only four matches on outdoor hard courts this season. His statistics on this surface are two wins and two losses. In Atlanta, Reilly lost to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the second round. In Washington, the American lost to Jordan Thompson in the second round. Earlier in his career, Opelka played in the main draw of the Masters in Cincinnati three times. On local courts, he has never reached beyond the second round.

Trends

Bet Tie-break in the match - no

This bet has played in 3 of Opelka's 5 previous matches

2.78

Rate Set Result: 2>1

In 3 of Shelton's last 5 matches, events on the court have unfolded according to this scenario

2.51

Tip and bets

TipOpelka with a handicap (+3)

1.73

Opelka is unlikely to beat Shelton in the upcoming match, but he is quite capable of getting on his nerves with his serve. Especially since Reilly has shown himself to be quite good since returning to action after a hand injury - let us recall that a month ago he played in the semifinals in Newport.

Our prediction is Opelka's victory with a handicap of (+3) games for a coefficient of 1.73

Will the prediction win?

TipTotal over 24

1.85

Bet on total

Matches involving Opelka are usually "top-heavy" matches. We expect a "top" fight in this match as well, since both Reilly and Shelton have a good first serve in their arsenal.

The second forecast is total over 24 games with odds of 1.85

Bet on the first set

Three of Opelka's last five matches have seen the first set go to more than 9.5 games, and Reilly's upcoming matchup with Shelton is likely to start with a top-heavy first set as well.

Forecast - total over 9.5 games in the first set for odds of 1.31

Will the prediction win?