Frances Tiafoe vs Daniel Evans Prediction & Picks - Almaty Open

Prediction published on 10/17/24, 6:20 AM  by Tyler Doty in Tennis Picks

In this round of 16 at the Almaty tournament in Kazakhstan, number 1 seed Frances Tiafoe makes his debut against England's Daniel Evans for a place in the quarter-finals. Frances Tiafoe, who was eliminated in the first round in Tokyo and then in the second round in Shanghai, had been more successful in the US Open Grand Slam, having won 5 times in a row to reach the semi-finals against Taylor Fritz. A finalist in Cincinnati against Jannik Sinner just before, the American showed all his talent on hard court and should want to give it his all in this tournament to try and add a title to his season before it comes to an end.

For his part, Daniel Evans entered this tournament through qualifying, winning against 16-year-old wild card Amir Omarkhanov and then Yunchaokete Bu, ranked 73rd in the world. He then won a fine first round match against Japan's Taro Daniel, ranked 89th in the world, in a match lasting almost 2 hours. The Englishman, who also emerged victorious from the qualifiers in Shanghai last week, had not progressed beyond the first round against Thiago Seyboth Wild after being eliminated in the Round of 8 at the Nonthaburi Challenger. This victory in the first round is therefore already a better result than in his previous 2 tournaments.