Frances Tiafoe vs Andy Murray
24th August from 2000hrs
Tennis – USA – ATP Winston Salem
Pick Murray to win
Bookmaker 888sport
Odds: 11/10* (odds taken 20:07 GMT August 23rd 2021)
Andy Murray returns to action at Winston Salem on Tuesday with a Second Round fixture against Frances Tiafoe.
Murray won the one previous meeting between the two players last year, can he double up against the American?
The winner could face Second Seed David Goffin in the Third Round of action at the tournament.
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Frances Tiafoe Preview – Can Tiafoe deliver against Murray?
A couple of weeks at the ATP Masters 1000 tournaments in Toronto, Frances Tiafoe had a decent time of things.
After entering the main draw as a lucky loser, he took his chance and won a couple of matches.
The second of those was a good one as well.
The American claimed a 2-0 win over Denis Shapovalov, the man who easily crushed Andy Murray’s dreams at Wimbledon this year.
In the match outright for tennis betting on this match, Tiafoe is the current 8/11 favourite* (odds taken 20:07 GMT August 23rd 2021 at 888sport).
The progress that Tiafoe made in Canada was the only time in the last four events he has entered, where he has won more than one match.
Last week he was in Cincinnati and lost in the second round to Diego Schwartzman.
So it has been up and down, inconsistent form from the American who is W5 L5 in his last ten matches.
All of those have been on the hard court, starting in the first round of action at the 2021 Olympic Games.
In the head to head Murray, Tiafoe trails 1-0.
That one previous match that they had was last year at ATP Cincinnati.
Murray claimed a 2-1 win. Will that be reversed?
A Tiafoe 2-1 set betting option for tennis betting is a quote of 10/3* (odds taken 20:07 GMT August 23rd 2021 at 888sport).
Andy Murray Preview – Can Murray reach the Third Round?
Andy Murray had to start in the First Round of action at Winston Salem after accepting a wildcard.
He faced American Noah Rubin and sailed through in straight sets.
Murray dropped just two games in a rapid-fire victory.
That was the ideal manner of victory for him, not being tested too much physically.
In the Second Round, he gets a much tougher opponent though.
Rubin is ranked outside of the top 300 in the world, whereas Tiafoe is around the Top 50.
In the match outright for tennis betting, the win for Andy Murray is at a quote of 11/10* (odds taken 20:07 GMT August 23rd 2021 at 888sport).
Last week in Cincinnati, Murray lost in the second round.
That was against Hubert Hurkacz, an easily-forgiven defeat for Murray against one of the stars of the year.
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Andy Murray is W5 L2 in his last seven matches but still has a long way to go to prove hard court form.
This is all build-up preparations for the US Open of course.
The victory for Murray over Rubin in the first round of Winston Salem leaves him at W3 L4 in his last seven matches on the hard court surface.
Whichever way we look at this, it looks like being a tight fixture.
If Murray is going to get into the match you would only picture it being by process of winning the first set.
So the Murray To Win First Set option at evens may be worth a flutter* (odds taken 20:07 GMT August 23rd 2021 at 888sport).
Frances Tiafoe vs Andy Murray Betting Advice
The match win in this fixture is not an unrealistic target for Andy Murray really. We think he is worth a play.
While it’s not been a season of great success for him, he has generally only been stopped by stronger players on the ATP in events this season.
Murray should have a chance in this one and the match outright quote of 11/10 on him doing so looks to be the way to go* (odds taken 20:07 GMT August 23rd 2021 at 888sport).
Key Facts – Frances Tiafoe vs Andy Murray Betting Tip
- Frances Tiafoe lost to Andy Murray last year in their one previous meeting
- Frances Tiafoe is W4 L5 in his last nine matches
- Wildcard Andy Murray dropped just two games in his First Round match
He did claim that win over Tiafoe last season on the hard court and Murray moved through his First Round match this week easily.
So we think he has a chance here.
It’s not as if the form of Tiafoe, despite that stand-out success over Shapovalov recently, gives Murray anything to fear.
The Murray 2-0 set betting option is the longer play for tennis betting at 12/5* (odds taken 20:07 GMT August 23rd 2021 at 888sport)
The best betting odds for Frances Tiafoe vs Andy Murray
Frances Tiafoe to win: 8/11 at Bet365
Andy Murray to win: 11/10 at Bet365
