Daniil Medvedev will play against Dominic Thiem in the second round of the Vienna Open. The match will start on October 27 at 14:30.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-4) for Medvedev – 1.82.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Under 22 – 1.79.
Thiem certainly deserves credit for the work he did in the second half of the season. Now Dominic is close to returning to the top 100 of the world rankings. However, we believe he’s not ready to compete with players from the top 5 yet. We expect a confident win for Medvedev in the upcoming match.
The last face-off between Thiem and Medvedev ended in three sets. Nevertheless, we expect a different result in the upcoming match. The Austrian has played a lot of matches in the last two weeks and fatigue is starting to show.
Medvedev, as expected, overcame the first round very easily. Daniel started the tournament with a victory over Nikoloz Basilashvili (6-2, 6-2).
The match confirmed that Nikoloz at the moment is not ready to play against such opponents. Daniil gave up only four games to Nikoloz.
Remarkably, Basilashvili didn’t have a single break-point. Medvedev played almost perfectly on his serve. One more interesting thing: Daniil created 100%of his break point opportunities:four out of four.
Medvedev seemed to quickly recover from the injury that kept him from playing the final game against Novak Djokovic in Astana.
Medvedev won eight of his last ten second-round matches.
Meanwhile, another match involving Thiem turned into a real thriller.
On Tuesday, Dominic earned a win against Tommy Paul (2-6, 7-6, 7-6). Dominic played the first game poorly, and then defeated Tommy Paul on two tie-breaks.
On the tie-break of the decisive set, Thiem stopped two match points. In addition, at the very beginning of the game, he allowed Paul to break, but in the end he made a comeback.
Almost a similar situation was last week in a match against Hubert Hurkacz (3-6, 7-6, 7-6) in Antwerp. The only difference was that here Thiem stopped three match points.
Thiem has won six of his previous eight matches against higher-ranked opponents.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Giron’s Rating – 4
Daniil Medvedev Wins/Losses in 2022 – 41/15
Norrie’s Rating – 113
Dominic Thiem Wins/Losses in 2022 – 23/18
In 3 of Thiem’s last 5 matches, less than 9.5 games have been played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games – Under 9.5” with odds of 1.928.
Thiem leads with a score of 3-2 in the head-to-head encounters. The last time they met was at the ATP World Tour Finalsin 2020. In that match, Medvedev defeated Thiem (6-4, 6-3) in three sets.
The match will be played at Center Court, Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria.
We recommend checking out the odds for the 2022 Vienna Open: Medvedev vs Thiem at 1xBet.