

What Time Will Matteo Arnaldi Play Against Roman Safiullin?
Arnaldi and Safiullin are on the Day 4 Schedule at Us Open 2024 on Thursday 29 August 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Matteo Arnaldi from Italy and Roman Safiullin have faced each other once before, with Safiullin leading the head-to-head record 1-0. Their previous encounter took place in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Brisbane tournament in Australia, which was played on a hardcourt. Safiullin emerged victorious, winning the match 7-6(4), 6-2.
Matteo Arnaldi’s career highlights include breaking into the Top 500 rankings in September 2021, reaching the Top 200 in August 2022, and achieving a career-high ranking of No. 30 in April 2024. In May 2023, he made it to the semifinals of the ATP Masters 1000 event in Montreal, marking his first appearance in that stage of a tournament. Arnaldi also qualified for the third round of the ATP Masters 1000 event in Madrid in 2023, where he achieved his biggest career win by defeating the then No. 4 ranked player, Casper Ruud. He obtained his first ATP Tour win in Barcelona in 2023, defeating Jaume Munar. Arnaldi has a Challenger record of 59-39, including four final appearances and one title in Francavilla al Mare. In his junior career, he reached a high ranking of No. 22 and had a singles record of 80-42, winning
three titles. He also had a doubles record of 34-35 with two titles.
Roman Safiullin, a former World No. 2 junior, broke into the Top 100 rankings in August 2022 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 36 in January 2024. In 2023, he achieved his best performance with 20 wins, including reaching his first ATP Tour final in Chengdu. He also reached the third round as a qualifier at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Paris, where he defeated the then No. 2 ranked player, Carlos Alcaraz. Safiullin made an impressive debut in the Wimbledon main draw as the World No. 92, becoming the lowest-ranked quarterfinalist since Nick Kyrgios, who was ranked No. 144, in 2014. He defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas, a two-time champion and World No. 4, to reach his first ATP Tour semifinal in Marseille in 2022. Additionally, he reached the semifinals on indoor hard courts at the 2022 Tel Aviv tournament. In his junior career, Safiullin had a remarkable record of 105-21 with 11 titles on the ITF Junior Circuit, and he claimed the 2015 Australian Open title. He defeated top players such as Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, and Karen Khachanov during his junior career.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Arnaldi will win.
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