Stefanos Tsitsipas continues as the first seed in Stockholm, where he took the title in his first and only participation in 2018. Stef will be challenged in the quarter-finals by local tennis player Mikael Ymer. Tsitsipas has not lost a single set so far in head-to-head encounters (11-0). The match will start on October 21 at 19:00.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-4) for Tsitsipas – 1.72.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Under 23 – 1.53.
Experience and class are on Tsitsipas’ side in this match and even the home stands are unlikely to help Mikael Ymer in the upcoming match. The two men have met twice this season and Tsitsipas has handled the Ymer in both matches.
The two men have faced each other twice this season and both matches were scoreless. Tsitsipas beat Ymer in three sets at the Australian Open and also defeated him in three sets at Roland Garros. We expect the upcoming match to end with a quick win for Stef as well.
Tsitsipas started the tournament with a super tight match against Maxime Cressy (7-6, 7-6). Stef beat Maxime on two tie-breaks.
This is, of course, a challenge, when your opponent goes straight to the net after every serve. As a result, Stef and Maxime took one game on reception. Maxime was the first who had a great chance to win the first set.
It is worth noting separately that Tsitsipas won 91% of points on his first serve. That means, he knew exactly what he was facing and he was very concentrated.
Tsitsipas won 11 of his 15 indoor matches this year. In early October, he reached the final in Astana.
Tsitsipas has five wins in a row as a favourite.
Ymer reached the quarter-finals at his second consecutive tournament and the third time in a month.
Last week, he was one step away from the final in Florence. In the semi-finals, he was beaten by American J.J. Wolf (4-6, 4-6).
However, he managed to beat Tim van Rijthoven (6-1, 6-2) and Aslan Karatsev (6-1, 6-7, 6-1) in the course of the tournament.
From the looks of things, Ymer will be knocking on the door of the top 50 in the near future. In the meantime, he’s ranked 79th in the ATP rankings.
Ymer has lost in his last eight matches to top-10 opponents.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 7/10
Tsitsipas’ Rating – 5
Stefanos Tsitsipas Wins/Losses in 2022 – 54/19
Ymer’s Rating – 79
Mikael Ymer Wins/Losses in 2022 – 28/23
In 3 of Mikael Ymer’s last 5 matches, more than 9.5 games have been played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games – Over 9.5” with odds of 1.85.
Tsitsipas has had five tie-breaks in his last five matches. We offer to bet on “Tie-Break – Yes” with odds of 2.65.
Tsitsipas leads with a score of 4-0 in the head-to-head matches. The last time they met was at the French Open in May. In that game, Dimitrov defeated Lehecka (6-2, 6-2, 6-1) in three sets.
The match will be played at Center Court, Kungliga tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden.
We recommend checking out the odds for the 2022 Stockholm Open: Tsitsipas vs Ymer at 1xBet.