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October 5 2024, 10:15 · Rob Esteva

Tommy Paul vs Alejandro Tabilo Preview & Prediction | 2024 Rolex Shanghai Masters | Third Round

Tommy Paul vs Alejandro Tabilo Preview & Prediction | 2024 Rolex Shanghai Masters | Third Round

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Tommy Paul comes off a straight-sets win over Fabio Fognini and now he faces a tough test in the third round as he meets talented Chilean Alejandro Tabilo

RANKING POINTS: ATP 1000

START DATE/TIME: Sunday 6th October, 2024, UK – not before 5:30am / US ET – not before 0:30am / Saturday 5th October, US PT – not before 9:30pm

VENUE: Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena, Shanghai, China

SURFACE: Outdoor hard

HOW TO WATCH ON TV: UK – Sky Sports Tennis / US – Tennis Channel

HOW TO WATCH ONLINE: UK – Sky Go / US – Tennis Channel

TICKETS: Visit this link for the latest Tommy Paul vs Alejandro Tabilo ticket information

TOMMY PAUL VS ALEJANDRO TABILO PREDICTION

Tommy Paul was extremely clinical in his performance over Fabio Fognini in the second round and his all-round game looked really strong. His results over the last few weeks have been wildly inconsistent and the 11th-seed will be looking to string together a few wins in Shanghai.

He meets Alejandro Tabilo who dominated his second-round match against Arthur Rinderknech in similar fashion to Paul albeit not quite as clinical. Tabilo has perhaps lost a little momentum that he had earlier in the year but he is playing plenty of tennis between singles and doubles in recent tournaments.

The pair have met once before and that came earlier this year. Paul won that match at Queen’s on grass 6-3 6-4. With the Chilean arguably in poorer form than he was earlier in the year, the seed has to be favoured to win and progress in this one.

TOMMY PAUL VS ALEJANDRO TABILO TIP: TOMMY PAUL TO WIN