Frances Tiafoe vs Grigor Dimitrov Prediction & Betting Tips - Wimbledon Qualification, England

Prediction published on 07/07/2023, 08:30  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 08/07/2023 at 05:05 in Tennis Predictions

Tenth seeded Frances Tiafoe attempts to reach the Wimbledon fourth round for the second successive year. The American has to get past 21st seeded Grigor Dimitrov to achieve that. Waiting in the fourth round could be sixth seed Holger Rune. Tiafoe began this grass court tournament ranked a career high tenth and is 13th in the Live ATP Race at the time of writing this preview. The 25-year-old has had a consistent year with two titles being won. The most recent of those was on grass when winning the tournament held in Stuttgart, beating three top ten ranked players. He then lost to Sebastian Korda in the last 16 at Queen's Club. So far at Wimbledon, Tiafoe has had two straight sets wins but needed a couple of tie-breaks in those matches.

Grigor Dimitrov was ranked 24th when this Grand Slam began. It's nine years since the Bulgarian reached the semi-finals of this tournament. Before this year, three of his last four visits to Wimbledon had seen him lose in the first round. This year has seen him get to the fourth round at Roland Garros and here he is one win away from matching that feat at Wimbledon. Dimitrov also played the Queen's Club grass court event and reached the last eight where he lost to eventual winner Carlos Alcaraz. He's currently 20th in the Live ATP Race.and has had two straight sets wins to get to this third round at Wimbledon. He leads Tiafoe 2-1 in previous meetings but they haven't met for four years and never before on grass. We go for Tiafoe to get the win here.