World number 16 Alexander Zverev will be up against the 20th-ranked Grigor Dimitrov in the first round of the 2023 ATP Cincinnati Masters on Sunday, August 13. Get the predictions and odds of this Alexander Zverev v Grigor Dimitrov match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Alexander Zverev v Grigor Dimitrov Head to Head
There have been five previous meetings between these two players and Zverev leads 4-1 including one at the French Open earlier this year. Dimitrov’s only win came way back in 2014.
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Having come into the US Open Swing with a title win at Hamburg, it seemed like Zverev had got all his rhythm back. He had, after all, returned to competitive tennis earlier this season after having missed out most of his tennis in the second half of the season last year.
Zverev had hit a season low of 27th in the world as a result of that but he has managed to turn things around.
A semifinal at the French Open helped no end as did his results at the Halle Open where he made the last four stage and the Bastad Open where he was a quarterfinalist.
More recently, he went on to clinch the title at the Hamburg Open, winning all of his matches in straight sets.
Unfortunately for him, Zverev was knocked out in the second round of the Canadian Masters and he will now look to make things count at the Cincinnati Open – it’s a tournament which he won the last time he took to court here.
He starts off with a tricky opener against the world number 20.
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Dimitrov Returns after Canadian Masters Pullout
After having stitched together a solid performance at Wimbledon and Washington Open over the last couple of months, Dimitrov was forced to pull out of the Canadian Masters last week as a result of an injury. It was a back injury that troubled him in Washington too where he had made the semifinal..
Dimitrov, who had won the Cincinnati Masters back in 2017, has been known to do well in hardcourt competitions in his career but over the last few seasons things have been slightly different.
He made the third round at the Australian Open earlier this season but other than that hadn’t won successive matches in an outdoor hardcourt tournament in 2023.
At Washington, he did that again, got a walkover from Ugo Humbert in the quarterfinals before losing to Dan Evans in the semis.
Can he now get past a player of the quality of Zverev?
Zverev v Dimitrov Prediction and Tip
Zverev will be a favourite here against a player returning from back injury. Could see a third set in the encounter though with Zverev coming through.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Zverev to win: 1/2
- Moderate Risk Tip: Over 21.5 games in the match: 5/6
The 2023 ATP Cincinnati Open will be played from August 13 to 20. You can get all the tennis betting news with our tennis betting blog here. Also get rest of the tennis match previews here.
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