

What Time Will Taro Daniel Play Against Lorenzo Sonego?
Daniel and Sonego are on the Day 1 Schedule at Chengdu Open 2024 on Wednesday 18 September 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?
Taro Daniel from Japan and Lorenzo Sonego from Italy have faced each other once before, with Sonego leading 1-0. Their previous meeting was in the R64 match of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics on hard court, where Sonego won 4-6, 7-6(6), 7-6(3). They also had another encounter in the QF of the 2016 Cordenons Challenger in Italy, where Daniel won by walkover.
Taro Daniel, 31 years old and currently ranked World No. 90, achieved his career-high ranking of No. 58 in January 2024 after reaching the final of the ATP Tour event in Auckland. In 2018, Daniel made it to his first ATP Tour semifinal and final, winning his first title at the Istanbul tournament. This made him one of only two Japanese men, alongside Nishikori, to win a tour-level clay court title in the Open Era. In 2022, Daniel qualified for 9 tour-level events, including the Australian Open, ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells, and ATP Masters 1000 Miami. He also qualified for the 2023 Acapulco event and achieved the biggest win of his career by defeating No. 4 player Ruud in the 2nd round. Notable victories for Daniel include defeating Djokovic in the 2018 Indian Wells 3rd round as a qualifier and defeating Murray in the 2022 Australian Open 3rd round as a qualifier. In 2016, Daniel had a successful 6-week span, winning 17 out of 21 tour-level and Challenger matches, including a victory over 2-time Olympic medalist Sock at the Rio Olympics. It is worth noting
that Daniel has not won a tour-level match since April and is currently on a 0-11 losing streak. His last victory over a Top 50 player was against No. 16 Shelton in the Auckland semifinals.
Lorenzo Sonego, 29 years old, is currently ranked World No. 50, with a career-high ranking of No. 21 achieved in 2021. He had a successful year in 2021, winning a career-best 30 matches and capturing the Cagliari title, becoming the first Italian singles champion on home soil since 2006, and in doubles since 2005 (with Vavassori). In 2019, Sonego broke into the Top 50 by saving a championship point against Kecmanovic to win his first ATP Tour title in Antalya. He won his third singles title at the 2022 Metz tournament without dropping a set, defeating former champions Simon and Hurkacz along the way. Sonego had a significant upset in the 2020 Vienna tournament, defeating world No. 1 Djokovic 6-2, 6-1 en route to the final, and equaled the fewest number of games ever conceded to Djokovic in a match as a lucky loser. He also reached the semifinals of the 2021 ATP Masters 1000 Rome, becoming the first Italian semifinalist at the Foro Italico since 2007 and the second since 1978. Sonego recently won his fourth ATP Tour title at the Winston-Salem event, where he did not drop a set. Since the Roland Garros tournament, he has won 7 out of his last 8 opening-round matches, with his only loss coming against Paul at the US Open.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Daniel will win.
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