Who Will Win: Zverev Vs Shelton? Prediction For ATP Cincinnati Open 2024

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Zverev and Shelton are on the Day 6 Schedule at Cincinnati Open 2024 on Saturday 17 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?

The upcoming match is between Alexander Zverev from Germany and Ben Shelton from the USA. This will be their first meeting. Alexander Zverev, who is currently 27 years old, is ranked at World No. 4. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 2 after suffering a right ankle injury during the 2022 Roland Garros SF against Nadal. Zverev has had a successful career so far, winning multiple titles, including the Rome Title in 2024 and the Cincinnati Title in 2021. He has achieved notable victories, such as defeating Djokovic en route to winning the 2018 Nitto ATP Finals, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and the 2021 Nitto ATP Finals championships. Zverev also reached his first Grand Slam final at the 2020 US Open.

In his career, Zverev has won six ATP Masters 1000 titles, including victories against Djokovic at the 2017 Rome and Federer at the 2017 Montreal. He has also accomplished the rare feat of defeating Djokovic on hard courts three times, Federer on grass in the 2016 Halle SF, and Nadal on clay twice. Zverev currently leads the ATP Tour in match wins this season, with 51 wins. He is also looking to reach his 19th ATP Masters 1000 SF and his third consecutive one in Cincinnati.

On the other hand, we have Ben Shelton, a 21-year-old American player. He is currently ranked at World No. 14, which is his career-high ranking. Shelton has made rapid progress in his career, breaking

into the Top 200 in August 2022, the Top 100 in November 2022, and the Top 20 in September 2023. He reached his career-high ranking of No. 14 in April 2024 after winning his second ATP Tour title in Houston. Shelton has had notable achievements, including defeating compatriots Paul and Tiafoe at the 2023 US Open to become the youngest American man to reach the semi-finals since Chang in 1992. He also reached his first ATP Masters QF at the 2023 Shanghai, where he beat No. 4 Sinner.

Shelton’s first ATP Tour title came at the 2023 Tokyo tournament, following in the footsteps of his father, Bryan Shelton, who was also an ATP Tour champion. Shelton has shown promise at Grand Slam events, reaching the Australian Open QF at the age of 20 and becoming the youngest American man to achieve this since Giammalva Jr. in 1982. He also made a breakthrough by reaching the 2022 Cincinnati 3R in his ATP Masters 1000 debut at age 19, defeating No. 5 Ruud.

However, it should be noted that Shelton has a 2-8 record against Top-5 players in his career. His victories include defeating No. 5 Ruud in Cincinnati two years ago and No. 4 Sinner at the 2023 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai 4R. Shelton aims to reach his 7th tour-level semifinal and his first at the ATP Masters 1000 level. Additionally, he hopes to become the youngest American man to reach the Cincinnati SF since Roddick and Fish did in 2003.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Zverev will win.
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