Our Pick
Tommy Paul
Tommy Paul
#21
Flavio Cobolli
Flavio Cobolli
#9
Tournament: Cincinnati Surface: Hard

Our Bet

Confidence Level

70%
Good Confidence

Bet Details

1u
ML Tommy Paul @ 1.61
Over 22.5 Games @ 1.63

Best Odds

1.63 Bwin

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Complete Analysis

Paul ML1.610.5u
Over 22.5 games Paul Cobolli1.630.5u
  • On Wednesday evening, Tommy Paul and Flavio Cobolli played the same match. Paul beat Alexander Zverev 4-6 7-6 6-4.
  • Cobolli beat Rafael Jodar 4-6 7-6 6-3. Lost the first set, snatched the second in a tiebreak, dominated the third set.
  • The same evening, against the two biggest names left in the draw.
  • It's not a coincidence, it's the way they're playing tennis right now.
  • The 6 matches these two men have played this week have gone to 3 sets.
  • 32, 28 and 33 games for Paul. 26, 34 and 32 for Cobolli. The shortest of the 6 is already above the line.
  • There's a mechanical reason for this: they both win 74% of their points behind the first serve this week, the exact same figure.
  • At this level, you hold your serve but can't impose it on anyone, and the two know how to break each other. It gives sets that go back and forth.
  • Their only duel says the same thing: it was also here, in Cincinnati in 2024, 6-2 4-6 7-5 for Cobolli, 30 games.
  • This precedent is also my best argument against my own ML, and I give it in full: the Italian won their only meeting, on this court, and he's coming off the biggest scalp of the tournament.
  • What still makes me lean towards the American: 36 wins for 15 losses this season against 30-17, and especially 18-9 on hard when Cobolli is at 12-8.
  • On this surface, the performance gap is real, and it's Paul who has the better return of the two.
  • So I see a long match that the American ends up winning.

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