This is the ATP Cup final between Pablo Carreno-Busta and Denis Shapovalov. Pablo Carreno-Busta plays for Spain and is holding 20th in the world. Denis Shapovalov plays for Canada, currently ranked 14 in the world.
Two players met 5 times and Pablo Carreno-Busta won 4. Of which, all 3 matches took place on the hard pitch, Pablo Carreno-Busta won. He also defeated the Canadian opponent in the hard yard in the house. Denis Shapovalov only won 1 match on the clay.
The last time the two players met in the US expanded in 2021. Carreno-Busta won the quarterfinals after 5 intense sets 3-6 7-6 7-6 0-6 6-3.
Both Pablo Carreno-Busta and Denis Shapovalov played for 5 hours 13 minutes in this tournament. However, Carreno-Busta spent less than 1 hour in the last semi-final against Jan Zielinski (won 6-2 6-1). Meanwhile, Denis Shapovalov takes up to 1 hour and 39 minutes to win the Russian representative Roman Safiillin in the semi -finals.
Overall, this match two players are rated across the muscle. Shapovalov played better in 2021 so he had a higher rank. However, Carreno-Busta confronted with Shapovalov that was only 1 loss, and on the hard yard, he won. Carreno-Busta has just played for 1 hour in the semi-finals, so it is still very energetic, in contrast to the Canadian player.
Predict: Pablo Carreno-Busta 2-1 Denis Shapovalov
Information Pablo Carreno-Busta vs Denis Shapovalov
Time: 13h30 on 9/1
Tournament: ATP Cup finals
Final
Location: Melbourne, Australia
The yard: hard
