Matteo Arnaldi vs Roman Safiullin Prediction: the opponents are players of about the same level

Prediction for the ATP US Open match which will take place on August 29. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

The Italian played well at the Montreal Masters, where he reached the semi-finals, but in Ohio Matteo failed, losing his first match to Etcheverry. In New York, Arnaldi has one win over American Swaida, the 102nd ranked player in the world. Matteo had no problems in that game, the match lasted an hour and 41 minutes, Arnaldi won it with the score of 6:3, 6:2, 6:1. During the match the Italian made 12 aces and six double faults, won 84% of points on first serve and 40% on second serve.

Roman won the Challenger in mid-August in Cary, but Safiullin did not play his best in Winsto-Salem. The Russian started with a confident victory over American Forbes with the score 6:4, 7:6, 6:2. The match lasted two hours and 30 minutes. During the match Roman made 7 aces with two double faults, won 77% of points on the first serve and 52% on the second.

We believe that bookmakers slightly overestimate the Italian and the line for the game should be approximately equal. We favour Arnaldi, who lost to Safiullin in two sets on Brisbane's hard court earlier this season. Roman showed himself well in the first round, has experience of beating the Italian, so in this pair we are on the side of Safiullin. As for the total, we expect a protracted match, as we wrote above, we believe that the opponents are players of about the same level, so the fate of the meeting will be decided by the little things and luck.