Who Will Win: Kotov Vs Sonego? Prediction For ATP Winston-salem Open 2024

What Time Will Pavel Kotov Play Against Lorenzo Sonego?

Kotov and Sonego are on the Day 5 Schedule at Winston-salem Open 2024 on Thursday 22 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?

In the upcoming match between Pavel Kotov and Lorenzo Sonego, Kotov leads the head-to-head record with 2 wins against Sonego. They have previously faced each other in two matches. The first match took place in Stockholm on a hard court in the round of 16, where Kotov emerged victorious with a score of 6-4, 7-5. The second encounter took place in Doha on a hard court in the round of 32, again with Kotov winning, this time with a score of 6-2, 7-5.

Pavel Kotov is 25 years old and currently ranked 63rd in the ATP world rankings. His career-high ranking was 50th, achieved in June 2024. In the 2024 season, he has a win-loss record of 17-16, with his best result being a semifinal appearance in Marrakech. In the current event, he has a record of 2 wins and 1 loss, reaching the quarterfinals.

Kotov earned his first ATP ranking point at the age of 16 in October 2015. He broke into the Top 100 of the rankings in October 2022 and reached his career-high ranking in June 2024. One of the highlights of his career so far was defeating the 25th ranked player, Griekspoor, en route to his first ATP Tour final in Stockholm in 2023. He also qualified for his first ATP Tour event in Marrakech in 2022, where he earned his first ATP Tour win against Griekspoor in the first round. He returned to Marrakech in 2023 to reach his first ATP Tour semifinal and achieved his fourth semifinal in 2024.

In addition to his ATP Tour performances, Kotov also has a record of 89 wins and 71 losses in Challenger tournaments. He has won three titles, including the 2021 Forli-3, 2022 Forli-3, and 2022 San Marino.

It is worth noting that Kotov recently set a new personal-best record of 17 wins in a season by defeating Svajda in the third

round. His previous best was 16 wins in the 2023 season. His goal is to reach his fifth ATP Tour semifinal, with his second semifinal of 2024 after the Marrakech semifinal in April, where he lost to Carballes Baena.

On the other hand, Lorenzo Sonego is 29 years old and currently ranked 58th in the ATP world rankings. His career-high ranking was 21st, achieved in 2021. In the 2024 season, he has a win-loss record of 15-21, with three quarterfinal appearances. In the current event, he has a record of 3 wins and 2 losses, reaching the quarterfinals.

Sonego earned his personal-best 30 wins and achieved his career-high ranking of 21st in 2021. He won the Cagliari titles, becoming the first Italian champion on home soil in singles since 2006 and in doubles since 2005 (with Vavassori). He broke into the Top 50 after saving a championship point against Kecmanovic to win his first ATP Tour title in Antalya in 2019. He also had notable victories, including defeating former champions Simon and Hurkacz, en route to winning the 2022 Metz singles title without dropping a set. Sonego made headlines by upsetting the World No. 1 Djokovic with a score of 6-2, 6-1 in the 2020 Vienna tournament. He saved one match point against Thiem to reach the semifinals of the 2021 ATP Masters 1000 Rome, becoming the first Italian semifinalist at Foro Italico since 2007 and the second since 1978.

Sonego is seeking his 10th ATP Tour semifinal, with his previous semifinal appearance in 2023 in Umag, where he lost to Wawrinka. He aims to reach his first semifinal on hard courts since winning the 2022 Metz title. Additionally, he aspires to become the first Italian player to reach the semifinals of the Winston-Salem tournament in its history.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Kotov will win.
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