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Halle Open Prediction: Frances Tiafoe vs Daniel Altmaier
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The Line: Betting Odds: Frances Tiafoe -303 / Daniel Altmaier +228
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Frances Tiafoe has reached the semifinals of the Halle Open on his debut. The American stunned Felix Auger-Aliassime in a thrilling quarterfinal match. The match went the distance, and Tiafoe, who was a break down in the third set, saved three match points in the final set tiebreak to prevail 14-12.Tiafoe hit 5 aces and withstood 25 aces from the Canadian’s racket. Tiafoe landed 67% of first serves in play and won 70% of first serve points (51/73). Tiafoe won 61% of second serve points (22/36) and saved seven of nine break points on his serve. Tiafoe improves from last week’s quarterfinal showing in Stuttgart and now holds a 27-13 record this season. He owns one grass-court title in his career.
Daniel Altmaier reached his first career semifinal on grass at age 27 and fittingly, it is on home soil. The German has upset some big names to get here. In the first round, he took out big-hitting Nikoloz Basilashvili in straight sets, but not many people could fathom the magnitude of the upsets he pulled off in the next two matches. He beat two former Wimbledon semifinalists.
Altmaier knocked out Hubert Hurkacz in the Round of 16, earning a late break in the third set to prevail 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. Then he needed another three-set victory against Daniil Medvedev, taking almost three hours of play to book his spot in the last four of the Halle Open. And after losing to Tiafoe in Stuttgart this past week, Altmaier has the chance to avenge that defeat.

