World number nine Taylor Fritz will face the 64th-ranked Mackenzie McDonald in the second round of the 2023 ATP Eastbourne International on Wednesday, June 28. Get the predictions and odds of this Taylor Fritz v Mackenzie McDonald match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Taylor Fritz v Mackenzie McDonald Head to Head
There have been two previous meetings between these two players at the highest level. Both of those came at the Delray Beach Open including one this year and Fritz has won them both.
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Fritz Hoping for a Better Showing
Fritz had had a good time on grass last season, almost coming close to knocking Rafael Nadal out at Wimbledon as well. This season, however, the American has struggled to get going.
In the two tournaments he has played on grass, he has won and lost two matches apiece with defeats to Marton Fucsovics and Adrian Mannarino coming as a huge surprise. What makes those losses worse is Fritz was knocked out by both these aforementioned players in straight sets.
As a result of that Fritz has now been forced to play in a third successive Wimbledon tune-up tournament instead of using the week before the Grand Slam to focus on recharging his batteries.
He will start off with a first round bye and hope to carve out at least a couple of wins as he looks to climb his way back into the top five of the ATP Rankings.
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McDonald Staves off Cecchinato
McDonald was always going to be the frontrunner in his opening round match against the clay-court specialist Marco Cecchinato and he lived up to the favourites tag.
A quarterfinalist at the Rosmalen Open two weeks ago, McDonald had then fallen in his opener at Queen’s last week. This time around, however, he got back to his winning ways by usurping Cecchinato 6-3, 6-3 in his opener.
The American needed an hour and 18 minutes to come through, breaking his opponent three times from the whopping 14 opportunities he got. In fact, he would look back and thought he could have done a better job at the win.
In turn, McDonald did not face a single break-point, winning 95% of his first serve points and 70% of the second serves. Can he put up a similar showing against Fritz?
Fritz v McDonald Prediction and Tip
Fritz should come through in this one even if McDonald offers some amount of fight. Expecting a straight-set win in fact.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Fritz to win in straight sets: 8/11
- Moderate Risk Tip: Under 22.5 games in the match: 5/6
The 2023 ATP Eastbourne International will be played from June 25 to July 1. 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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