Tennis Prediction Learner Tien vs Nuno Borges: US Open

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• Learner Tien has clearly reassured me about this American tour, after a timid start in Washington, he has signed 5 wins in 7 matches, losing 'only' to Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe.

• Shelton won the Montreal Masters 1000 and Tiafoe played the final of the one in Cincinnati. The only two men to have stopped him are those who went to the final.

• And the run that goes with it is no anecdote. Semi-finalist in Montreal, with Gael Monfils out 6-3 0-6 6-3, Tommy Paul swept away 6-3 6-2, Thiago Tirante in 2 sets. Then Sebastian Baez beaten in Cincinnati.

• On the other hand, Nuno Borges is no gift: 9 wins for 5 losses since June, Andrey Rublev out 6-3 6-4 12 days ago, Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 6-2 last month.

• But the American has shown he has the game to contain the Portuguese, he leads 2-0 in the H2H, with a last win in 3 sets at the Australian Open 7-6 6-4 6-2.

• I don't necessarily expect an easy match, but I give a fairly clear advantage to Tien here, we're on a 65/35, and I see him getting the job done at home.