PREDICTION, PREVIEW, H2H: Tiafoe, Karatsev, Shelton and Shang to play on STADIUM on Tuesday – Citi Open

ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Frances Tiafoe, Aslan Karatsev, Ben Shelton and Juncheng Shang are going to play on Tuesday at the Citi Open on STADIUM.

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Frances Tiafoe vs. Aslan Karatsev

Head to head 1-0 for Tiafoe

Frances Tiafoe will square off with Aslan Karatsev in the 2^nd round for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 7:00 pm on STADIUM.

Frances Tiafoe: ranking and results

Ranked no. 10 (career high), the American will start his run in Washington after he played his last match in Wimbledon where he lost to Dimitrov in the 3^rd round on the 9^th of July.

Tiafoe has a 30-11 win-loss record in 2023, 14-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the year was winning the title in Australia where he defeated Lorenzo Musetti in the final 6-2 0-0 ret. and in Houston where he defeated Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the final 7-6(1) 7-6(6) and in Stuttgart where he overcame Jan-Lennard Struff in the final 4-6 7-6(1) 7-6(8).

Last year in Washington Tiafoe surrendered in the quarter 6-7(5) 7-6(12) 6-2 to Nick Kyrgios.

Aslan Karatsev: ranking and results

Ranked no. 75, the Russian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Kiranpal Pannu 7-6³ 6-1.

Aslan has a 23-14 win-loss record in 2023, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS). Karatsev’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Pune and Madrid.

Last year in Washington Karatsev had to surrender in the 2^nd round 6-4 3-6 6-4 to Mikael Ymer.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 2^nd time that Frances Tiafoe and Aslan Karatsev square off. Their actual record is 1-0 for Tiafoe (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

Before, the last time they played each other, Tiafoe won 3-6 6-3 7-5 6-2 in the 2^nd round in Roland garros back in June 2023.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Frances Tiafoe who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.31
Aslan Karatsev -> 3.46

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Ben Shelton vs. Juncheng Shang

Head to head 1-0 for Shang

Ben Shelton will take on Juncheng Shang in the 2^nd round for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on STADIUM.

Ben Shelton: ranking and results

Ranked no. 43, Ben will start his run in Washington after he played his last match in the Cagliari Challenger where he lost to Djere in the semifinal on the 6^th of May.

Ben has a 12-19 win-loss record in 2023, 6-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Shelton’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Cagliari Challenger.

Last year in Washington Ben didn’t compete in Washington in 2022.

Juncheng Shang: ranking and results

Ranked no. 149 (career high), Juncheng got to the 2^nd round after defeating Gage Brymer 6-3 6-2, Thai Kwiatkowski 7-6⁵ 6-2 and Emilio Gomez 6-3 6-3.

The Chinese has a 24-15 win-loss record in 2023, 14-7 on hard (See FULL STATS). Shang’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Chicago Challenger.

Last year in Washington The Chinese didn’t compete in Washington in 2022.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 2^nd time that Ben Shelton and Juncheng Shang fight against each other. Their head to head is 1-0 for Shang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Previously, the last time they competed against each other, Shang won 6-4 6-4 in the 1^st round in Atlanta back in July 2023.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.77
Juncheng Shang -> 2.05

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Last Results

These are the last results of the Citi Open

• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo (6-3 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Kiranpal PannuPannu (7-6³ 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
• Juncheng ShangShang – Emilio GomezGomez (6-3 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-4 6-7⁷ 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Yibing WuWu (1-4 ret.) – Score progression – Stats
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Marcos GironGiron (6-3 5-7 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
• Michael MmohMmoh – Bradley KlahnKlahn (6-3 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Maximo Gonzalez/Andres MolteniGonzalez/Andres Molteni – Robin Haase/Nikola MekticHaase/Nikola Mektic (6-7⁵ 7-6⁷ 10-8) – Score progression – Stats
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-4 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman (6-3 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Maxime CressyCressy (6-3 7-6⁸) – Score progression – Stats
• Liam BroadyBroady – Corentin MoutetMoutet (7-6⁰ 6-4) – Score progression – Stats

Upcoming matches

These are the upcoming matches of the Citi Open

• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Alexander BublikBublik (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Kevin AndersonAnderson – Jordan ThompsonThompson (3-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Jeff WolfWolf (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Taro DanielDaniel – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Daniel EvansEvans (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Michael MmohMmoh (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Liam BroadyBroady (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Kei NishikoriNishikori (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (3-0) – H2H – Prediction
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (1-0) – H2H – Prediction