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Tiburon Predictions & Picks — September 18, 2026

By The Maiden Desk · September 18, 2026

Every number below was fixed before the match and graded against the official result.

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2 matches are on Friday's card at Tiburon, and we have a pick for every one of them. The headline act: Abedallah Shelbayh against Michael Mmoh in the quarterfinal. Our calls: Mmoh over Shelbayh, Zheng over Krueger.

Michael Zheng vs. Mitchell Krueger

✓ Pick rightWe got this one right. Michael Zheng was our 72% pick, and won 7-6 6-2.

Pick: Zheng

Win probability: 72% Zheng · Market: -543 · Sets: 3 (46%) · most likely score 2-0 (40%)

Michael Zheng and Mitchell Krueger meet in the quarterfinal at Tiburon on Friday. Michael Zheng has won 6 of the last 10. Mitchell Krueger brings a 3-match winning streak into this one, 6-4 across the last ten.

Hold strength tells the story — 72% versus 68.7% on first-serve points in Zheng's favor. Zheng comes in off a compressed schedule; Krueger comes in off a compressed schedule. Anything other than a Zheng win would rank among the bigger surprises of the week.

Abedallah Shelbayh vs. Michael Mmoh

✓ Pick rightNailed it. We had Michael Mmoh at 63% before the match, and Michael Mmoh won 6-4 6-4.

Pick: Mmoh

Win probability: 63% Mmoh · Market: -134 · Sets: 3 (43%) · most likely score 2-0 (37%)

Abedallah Shelbayh and Michael Mmoh meet in the quarterfinal at Tiburon on Friday. Michael Mmoh comes in at 7 wins from the last ten. Abedallah Shelbayh is 5-5 across recent matches.

Michael Mmoh is clearly higher-rated on hard — our number puts Mmoh around 63%. Mmoh should have enough here, though Shelbayh has the tools to make the scoreboard uncomfortable.

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Updated Sep 18, 2026, 9:31 AM UTC. Picks are frozen before first serve and graded on the track record page — this page is never edited after the fact.