Fabio Fognini and Denis Shapovalov will play each other in the 1st round of Western & Southern Open for the 2nd time of their career.
Fabio Fognini: results and record
Ranked no. 11, Fognini will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Montreal where he lost 2-6 6-1 6-2 to Nadal in the quarter the 9th of August.
Fognini has a 23-16 win-loss record in 2019, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was managing to win the title in Carlo where he beat Dusan Lajovic in the final 6-3 6-4.
Last year in Cincinnati
Fabio didn’t play in Cincinnati in 2018.
Denis Shapovalov: results and record
Ranked no. 32, Shapovalov will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Montreal where he lost 6-4 3-6 6-3 to Thiem in the 2nd round the 7th of August.
The Canadian has a 14-17 win-loss record in 2019, 9-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Shapovalov’s best result of the season was reaching the semi-finals in Miami.
Last year in Cincinnati
The Canadian lost in the 3rd round 7-66 6-4 to Milos Raonic.
Western & Southern Open Live score and result Fabio Fognini vs. Denis Shapovalov
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Prediction and head to head Fabio Fognini vs. Denis Shapovalov
This will be the 2nd time that Fabio Fognini and Denis Shapovalov play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shapovalov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Shapovalov won 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in Umag back in 2018.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Shapovalov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Denis Shapovalov is the pick to win this match.
Denis Shapovalov -> 2.50
Fabio Fognini -> 1.50
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