In the first round of the Australian Open, Matteo Berrettini and Andy Murray will play against each other. The match will start on January 17 at 03:00.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-5) for Berrettini – 1.91.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Under 40 – 1.71.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – 1st Set Games Under 9.5 – 2.095.
Berrettini leads 3-1 against Murray. He will be favoured in the upcoming match. Murray failed to show much in the run-up to the Australian Open, losing in Adelaide at the start of the competition to Korda. We reckon that things will end quickly for Andy in Melbourne as well.
Berrettini is showing good readiness for the new season. Ahead of the Australian Open, Matteo helped Italy reach the final at the United Cup. We will be expecting to see a productive season for Berrettini in Melbourne. Especially since he reached the semi-finals at the Australian Open last year.
Matteo helped Italy reach the United Cup final in early January. He managed three victories in five matches.
After beating Thiago Monteiro, he defeated Casper Ruud and Hubert Hurkacz.
Remarkably, thanks to the victory over Ruud, he broke his streak of 11 defeats against top-10 opponents.
In matches against Stefanos Tsitsipas and Taylor Fritz, in spite of the fact that he lost here, Berrettini displayed class tennis too. For example, he lost to Fritz on two tie-breaks.
Last year, Berrettini reached the semi-finals at the Australian Open. January’s matches showed he is capable of repeating this result.
Berrettini has eight wins in his last ten meetings at the Australian Open.
Murray’s current form, on the other hand, is not so easy to assess. Before the Australian Open, Andy played only one official match.
In early January, he lost to Sebastian Korda of the US (6-7, 3-6) at the start of the Adelaide tournament.
Murray played an exhibition tournament the week before the Melbourne main event. The Briton defeated Zhang Zhizhen and Alex De Minaur.
Murray reached the Australian Open final five times before a serious hip injury. Last year, Andy narrowly defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili before losing to Taro Daniel.
Murray has suffered four defeats in his previous five official matches.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Matteo Berrettini’s Rating – 13
Matteo Berrettini Wins/Losses in 2022 – 3/2
Andy Murray’s Rating – 49
Andy Murray Wins/Losses in 2022 – 2/1
In 3 of Murray’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 2.095.
Berrettini leads with a score of 3-1 in the head-to-head encounters. The last time they met was at the US Open in 2022. In that match, Berrettini defeated Murray (6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3) in four sets.
The match will be played in Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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