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Frances Tiafoe vs Holger Rune: ATP Cincinnati – Semifinal
American Frances Tiafoe will face off Holger Rune in the semifinal of ATP Cincinnati.
Frances Tiafoe Profile
Frances Tiafoe is 27th in the ATP rankings and his career high was No. 10 in the world. The American is 23-21 for the season and 14-11 on hard surface.
Tiafoe made it to the semifinals after Hubert Hurkacz retired in the quarterfinals when Tiafoe won the first set, 6-3. Previously in the tournament, Tiafoe defeated Jiri Lehecka, Lorenzo Musetti, and Alejandro Davidiovich Fokina.
Tiafoe’s best result this season was the final in Houston where he lost to Ben Shelton.
Holger Rune Profile
Former world No. 4 Holger Rune is currently 16th in the ATP rankings. The Danish is 34-16 for the season and 17-6 on hard surface.
Rune is coming off a 6-4, 6-2 win over Jack Draper in the semifinals. Earlier in the tournament, he defeated Gael Monfils, Nuno Borges and Matteo Berrettini.
Rune’s best result this season was the final in Brisbane where he lost to Grigor Dimitrov.
Head-to-Head
This will be the first match between Frances Tiafoe and Holger Rune.
Prediction and Conclusion
Both Tiafoe and Rune beat the odds to get this far in the tournament, and one of them will have a rare opportunity to play in the final of an ATP Masters 1000 series tournament. Rune is having his best week this season, and after a while, he started playing like he was when he made it in the top 5. Tiafoe is on the rise as well, and he will have the support of the home crowd. This will be their first head-to-head match, which adds additional excitement to this match. None of them will go down easily, so we go with over 22.5 games in total.
