Stefanos Tsitsipas v Felix Auger-Aliassime Live Streaming, Prediction & Preview for Cincinnati Open 2021: Can Tsitsipas Make it Five in Five?

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World number three Stefanos Tsitsipas will be up against Canadian and 17th-ranked Felix Auger-Aliassime in the quarterfinal of the 2021 Cincinnati Open on Friday, August 20. Get the live streaming options of this Stefanos Tsitsipas v Felix Auger-Aliassime match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.

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Stefanos Tsitsipas v Felix Auger-Aliassime Head to Head

There have been six previous meetings between these two players and Tsitsipas leads 4-2 on head to head. Two of these matches have come earlier this year with Tsitsipas winning both – at Acapulco and Barcelona.

In fact, Tsitsipas has won four in a row against Felix Auger-Aliassime after losing in their first two meetings.

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Tsitsipas Edges Past Sonego

After a first round bye and dominating Sebastian Korda in the second, Tsitsipas was stretched to three sets in his third round win against Lorenzo Sonego.

However, in the end, Tsitsipas used up nearly two and a half hours to battle past Sonego and set up this quarterfinal berth against Auger-Aliassime. Tsitsipas won 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 to advance.

Both players saved break-points in the first set to take it to 5-5 but just when the tie-breaker seemed to be looming, Tsitsipas dropped his serve and Sonego served out the set.

Stung by the shock loss, Tsitsipas came back to first save three break-points and then break Sonego in the very second game of the second set, and then repeated the dose in the first set of the decider.

Sonego was forced to save six break-points after that but never got an opportunity to regain his break back and fell in three.

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Auger-Aliassime Continues to Defy Odds

After an expected opening round victory over Marton Fucsovics, Auger-Aliassime has had to face two opponents, both of whom went into those matches as a favourite.

And both times, the Canadian has managed to pull through and carve out victories to reach this quarterfinal.

In the second round, Auger-Aliassime overcame a first tie-breaker loss to win in three against Karen Khachanov. More importantly then against the world number eight, Matteo Berrettini, Auger-Aliassime came through 6-3, 6-4 to set up this meeting against Tsitsipas.

Auger-Aliassime’s showing here comes on the back of a solid grass court swing but after having lost his opener at Toronto last week. Can he now test Tsitsipas and end his four-match losing streak against the Greek?

Tsitsipas v Auger-Aliassime Prediction and Tip

Things could get very interesting here, with Tsitsipas heading into this one at 2/5 to win it but Auger-Aliassime’s form dictating we look at him winning at least a set.

Tip: Auger-Aliassime to win a set – Yes: 4/6 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)

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The 2021 Cincinnati Open will be played from August 16 to 22. You can watch & bet on these matches here. Get your latest premium tennis predictions here.

About Suneer Chowdhary 2122 Articles
Suneer is a Mumbai-based freelance sports journalist with a special affinity towards cricket and tennis. He has also covered six ICC tournaments including Cricket World Cups and Champions Trophy.

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