Third seed Frances Tiafoe of the U.S. will meet Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics in the semifinal of the 2023 Stuttgart Open on Saturday, June 17. Get the predictions and odds of this Frances Tiafoe v Marton Fucsovics match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Frances Tiafoe v Marton Fucsovics Head to Head
Fucsovics leads the rivalry 2-1, but they have not met since the 2020 U.S. Open. Tht match was won by Tiafoe. Fucsovics won his matches in Geneva and Doha.
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Tiafoe Battles Past Musetti
World no. 12 Frances Tiafoe edged past Lorenzo Musetti in a three-set quarterfinal at the Stuttgart Open on Friday.
This is the third time when Tiafoe has reached the semifinal this year. He had won the Houston Open title and was a semifinalist at the Indian Wells Open. In addition he had also played a key role in the United States’ run to the title at the United Cup.
Tiafoe, who had a first round bye in Stuttgart, had beaten Jiri Lehcka in the straight sets in the second round on Wednesday.
The quarterfinal match was even tougher for Tiafoe as the American needed two hours and 42 minutes to battle past the Italian.
Tiafoe had missed out on four set points in the first set as Musetti took the set in the tiebreak. The 25-year-old, however, managed to stay in the contest by taking the second set in the tiebreak. The third set turned out to be a one-sided one with Tiafoe dominating the set from start to finish and winning the match 6-7 (6-8), -6 (7-4), 6-2.
This will be Tiafoe’s first tour level semifinal on grass. He had won a Challenger title on grass in Nottingham in 2021. Can the two-time tour level champion reach a seventh ATP final on Saturday?
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Fucsovics Knocks Out Fritz
Qualifier Marton Fucsovics stunned second seed Taylor Fritz to move into the semifinal on Friday.
The world no. 86, who had been a quarterfinalist in Stuttgart in 2019 and 2022, made it past the last eight stage this year after he registered a 6-4, 7-5 win over world no. 8 Fritz.
Fucsovics was not broken in the match as he saved the only break point that he faced. In contrast, he held 8 break points and converted 2 of them.
Fucsovics, who had defeated Louis Wessels and Altuğ Çelikbilek in straight sets in the qualifying rounds, had needed three sets to win his first two rounds.
First he rallied from a set down to beat Denis Shapovalov 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the first round and then he scored a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 win over China’s Wu Yibing in the second round on Thursday.
Having won five matches so far this week, Fucsovics will head into the semifinals with a lot of confidence. Can he take down the third seed on Saturday?
Tiafoe v Fucsovics Prediction and Tip
Tiafoe has been in very good form this year and he has done well in his first two matches on grass. Fucsovics will be high on confidence after beating the second seed on Friday. So expect a tough game, with Tiafoe edging out Fucsovics for place in a second final this year.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Tiafoe to win: 4/7
- Moderate Risk Tip: Over 26.5 games in the match: 5/6
The 2023 Stuttgart Open will be played from June 12 to 18. 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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