Frances Tiafoe vs Donald Young – Prediction – ATP Delray Beach (USA) 9.1.2020

H2H: Tiafoe v Young – comparison.

Though Donald Young has got the talent and ability to win matches at this level, his recent struggles for form and confidence make Frances Tiafoe the favorite to win and open up a 2-1 lead in the H2H series.

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Frances Tiafoe kickstarted his new season by winning the doubles match in Delray Beach on Thursday. Partnering with Nick Monroe, he fought back from a set down to overcome the British pair of Luke Bambridge and Dominic Inglot, 3-6 6-3 10-4. Despite struggling for consistency and contracting coronavirus, the American did reasonably well in 2020 by collecting 20 wins from the possible 35, which includes a title-winning campaign in Parma Challenger, semifinal in Nur-Sultan, and the round of 16 in the US Open. Former world #29 Frances Tiafoe lifted the maiden ATP Tour title of his career here in Delray Beach during his breakthrough season in 2018 and reached the quarterfinal during his recent visit in 2020. Overall, he has got a 2-1 record in the first round matches here, with that sole defeat coming against Dan Evans in 2019.

Donald Young scored a couple of shaky three-set comeback wins over Pedro Sakamoto and Stefan Kozlov to move into the main draw of ATP Delray Beach this week, 3-6 6-4 6-2 and 4-6 6-4 6-4, respectively. Regardless of the struggles and below-par performance, this was a welcome result for the former Junior #1 Donald Young, who went through a lot of struggles on tour in recent years. In fact, the win against Pedro Sakamoto on Tuesday was the American’s first success in ATP Tour events since Washington 2019.

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