Fifth seed Casper Ruud will meet American wild card Ben Shelton in the second round of the 2022 ATP Cincinnati Open on Wednesday, August 17. Get the live streaming options of this Casper Ruud v Ben Shelton match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Casper Ruud v Ben Shelton Head to Head
The two have never met previously.
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Ruud In Fine Form
World No. 5 Casper Ruud has been in fine form throughout this season and comes to Cincinnati with a 38-14 record.
In the previous two tournaments, the Norwegian captured the crown in Gstaad and then reached the semifinals at the Canadian Open last week only to fall to Hubert Hurkacz.
Ruud, who made it to a maiden major final at the French Open this year, has won three titles in 2022, including the Buenos Aires Open, Geneva Open and the Gstaad Open.
He was also a runner-up in Miami in what was his maiden Masters 1000 final.
The 23-year-old who has already proven himself on clay, is slowly rising as a hard court player and a 12-5 season record on the surface is a testament of that. The fifth seed is 2-3 in Cincinnati though and will be aiming to improve that record this year.
Both of his previous wins in the tournament came last year, when he made it to the last eight before going down to Alexander Zverev.
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Shelton Makes an Impressive Start
Nineteen-year-old Ben Shelton made an impressive start at the Cincinnati Masters, knocking out Italian qualifier Lorenzo Sonego in three sets on Tuesday.
This was the American wild card’s second tour-level victory, following his opening round win at the Atlanta Open over India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan.
In a two-hour-and-53 minute contest on Tuesday, the World No. 229 won 81% points on the back of his first serve, saved 4 of 5 break points and converted 1 of 8 to beat the World No. 56, 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 7-5.
Shelton won the crucial moments of the contest, edging the first set tiebreak and getting the solitary break in the deciding set. Shelton has featured in two Challenger finals this year (one of them this month in Chicago) but has finished runner-up in both the hard court tournaments.
Having punched above his weight in the first round, he will be looking to cause another upset on Wednesdy.
Ruud v Shelton Prediction and Tip
Ruud is the overwhelming favourite in this match, expect him to ease past the 19-year-old.
Tip: Ruud to win in straight sets: 10/11 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
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