Andrey Rublev and Marin Cilic will square off in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on Stadium 3. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrey Rublev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andrey Rublev is the pick to win this match.
Andrey Rublev -> 1.28
Marin Cilic -> 3.84
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Â
Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Marin Cilic
This will be the 5th time that Andrey Rublev and Marin Cilic face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Rublev won 6-4 6-4 in the 4th round in Miami back in March 2021.
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs Marin Cilic – Miami 30-March-2021
Andrey Rublev
Ranked no. 7 (career-high), the Russian will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Toronto where he lost 7-5 7-6(5) to Isner in the 3rd round on the 12th of August.
Andrey has an overall 37-13 win-loss record in 2021, 16-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title in in Rotterdam where he beat Marton Fucsovics in the final 7-6(4) 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Rublev has an overall 312-180 record. He has a positive 114-63 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.
Marin Cilic
Ranked no. 39, the Croatian reached the 2nd round after defeating Aslan Karatsev 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, Cilic had a good straight sets win against Karatsev (7-5 6-3). During the match Cilic scored 79 points vs Karatsev’s 65. The Croatian was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Cilic managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Marin Cilic was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 84% (31/37) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Cilic broke Karatsev 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
His best result of the season was conquering the title in in Stuttgart where he beat Felix Auger Aliassime in the final 7-6(2) 6-3.
Cilic has an aggregate 22-14 win-loss record in 2021, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
LWLLWWLWLL
LWLLLLWWWW Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Benoit PairePaire – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 4-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-75 6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Guido PellaPella – Fabio FogniniFognini (2-4) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Andy MurrayMurray (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Marin CilicCilic (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – John IsnerIsner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
