Alexander Zverev and Nishesh Basavareddy will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Cincinnati Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 9:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. 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 Alexander Zverev who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.13
Nishesh Basavareddy -> 5.95

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Nishesh Basavareddy

There is no head to head record between Alexander Zverev and Nishesh Basavareddy since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Alexander Zverev

Ranked no. 3, the German will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Toronto where he lost 6-3 4-6 7-6(4) to Khachanov in the semifinal on the 6^th of August.

Zverev has an aggregate 39-15 win-loss record in 2025, 15-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the year was conquering the title in Munich where he overcame Ben Shelton in the final 6-2 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, Alexander has an overall 569-260 record. He has a positive 217-102 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2021. See his history.

Nishesh Basavareddy

Ranked no. 109, the American got to the 2^nd round after beating Aleksandar Vukic 7-6(5) 7-5.

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Vukic (7-6⁵ 7-5). During the match Basavareddy scored 81 points vs Vukic’s 75. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Basavareddy made 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Nishesh Basavareddy lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Basavareddy put 64% of his first serves in, winning 64% (30/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (19/27) on the 2nd serve. Nishesh broke Vukic 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Basavareddy’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Auckland.

Nishesh has a composed 18-18 win-loss record in 2025, 13-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

• Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-2 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tommy PaulPaul – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Casper RuudRuud (6-7⁵ 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Holger RuneRune – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (7-5 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Joao FonsecaFonseca – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-7(4) 5-4 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Corentin MoutetMoutet (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (5-7 6-4 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – Sebastian BaezBaez (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (7-6³ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

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• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Valentin RoyerRoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Emilio NavaNava (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Benjamin BonziBonzi (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zizou BergsBergs – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (5-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adam WaltonWalton – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Tristan BoyerBoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-0) – H2H and prediction