Could Medvedev, Rublev Musetti be best Predictor Picks in Cincinnati?
pThe North American hard-court season continues with another ATP Masters 1000 event at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/cincinnati/422/overview'Cincinnati Open/a, where a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a is the defending champion./p
pBefore each tournament week, ATPTour.com looks at three players who might be good selections for fans in the PIF ATP Rankings Predictor./p
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pstronga href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'Daniil Medvedev/a mdash; defending 90 pointsbr /
/strongMedvedev lost his opening match in Montreal to a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alejandro-davidovich-fokina/dh50/overview'Alejandro Davidovich Fokina/a, but signs point towards a bounceback for the former World No. 1 in Cincinnati./p
pThe 28-year-old owns a 15-6 record at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/cincinnati/422/overview'Cincinnati Open/a, where he won his first ATP Masters 1000 event in 2019. He also has reached two additional semi-finals at the tournament./p
pMedvedev had a quick turnaround following the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/paris/96/2024/results'Paris Olympics/a, transitioning from clay to hard courts. Now the fourth seed will look to dig into the part of the season that has historically been his most successful when he plays a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jiri-lehecka/l0bv/overview'Jiri Lehecka/a or a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mariano-navone/n0bs/overview'Mariano Navone/a in the second round./p
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pstronga href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a mdash; replacing 10 pointsbr /
/strongThe 26-year-old has found some of his best tennis of 2024 in Montreal, where he is into the semi-finals after defeating World No. 1 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a. With a chance to advance even further in Canada, he will look to carry plenty of momentum into Cincinnati./p
pIn 2021, Rublev made his first hard-court Masters 1000 final in Ohio. The sixth seed, who will replace 10 points in his PIF ATP Rankings breakdown, has a big chance to add points to his total with another deep run. The sixth seed will play Zhang Zhizhen or a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/giovanni-mpetshi-perricard/m0gz/overview'Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard/a in the second round./p
pstronga href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lorenzo-musetti/m0ej/overview'Lorenzo Musetti/a mdash; defending 45 pointsbr /
/strongMusetti has not yet found success in Cincinnati, tallying a 1-2 record at the event. But he has never arrived at the tournament playing as well as he is now./p
pThe Italian advanced to his first major semi-final at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a and followed that by claiming the singles bronze medal at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/paris/96/2024/results'Paris Olympics/a. Musetti, the 14th seed, will begin his run in Cincinnati against Chilean a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nicolas-jarry/j551/overview'Nicolas Jarry/a./p
pstrongBonus Ball mdash; a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'Daniil Medvedev/abr /
/strongIt might seem risky to put your Bonus Ball mdash; which doubles your points for that player mdash; on Medvedev since he is defending 90 points. But he has historically played well in Cincinnati and will be hungry to rack up matches after his early exit in Montreal./p
pMedvedev made clear in Canada that he is keen to add a title to his 2024 resumeacute;. The fourth seed could play Musetti in the third round. However, he leads their Lexus ATP Head2Head series 2-0, with both wins coming in straight sets on hard courts last year./p
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