Stefanos Tsitsipas and Novak Djokovic will face each other in their first match of the ATP Finals. The match will start on November 14 at 23:59.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-3.5) for Djokovic – 1.944.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Under 23 – 1.74.
Djokovic defeated Tsitsipas in two sets in Astana at the beginning of October and a month later, he defeated Stef at the Paris Masters. Since then, the balance of power in this pairing is unlikely to have changed much, so in their next encounter we expect a victory for Nole.
Djokovic failed in the recent Masters final in Paris, in which he lost in three sets to Rune. So, we expect to see Novak incredibly motivated to win the ATP World Tour. We believe that Nole will try to solve the problem of getting out of the group as soon as possible, so we expect his confident victory over Tsitsipas in the upcoming match.
Tsitsipas has won 60 matches this year, reaching the final seven times and taking the title. On several other occasions, he came within a step of the decisive match.
Stef, unlike many top ten players, has shown incredible stability.
This despite the fact that at the end of last year, he had to undergo surgery for a nasty elbow injury.
Tsitsipas reached the semi-finals at the Paris Masters in early November. In October, Stef reached the finals in Astana and Stockholm.
Tsitsipas won the final tournament in the 2019 season. In 2020 and 2021, he failed to make it out of the group.
Tsitsipas will become world #1 if he wins all five matches at the ATP Finals.
Tsitsipas had finished just one of his previous nine matches in the ATP Finals without winning a set.
Djokovic, as usual, is in fine form, despite having to miss two months after his Wimbledon triumph. Novak was unable to play at tournaments in North America, including the US Open, due to a lack of a vaccination against the coronavirus.
Immediately after the break, Novak took the title in Tel Aviv.
Shortly afterwards, Nole won the tournament in Astana. Here, he managed to take on not only Tsitsipas but also Daniil Medvedev. However, Daniil couldn’t finish the match because of an injury.
Djokovic suffered his only loss this autumn in Paris. In the final, Novak lost to Holger Rune (6-3, 3-6, 5-7), who thanks to his victory in Paris broke into the top 10 and came to the final as a substitute.
Djokovic has six wins in his last seven top-10 encounters under his belt.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Stefanos Tsitsipas’s Rating – 3
Stefanos Tsitsipas Wins/Losses in 2022 – 60/22
Novak Djokovic’s Rating – 8
Novak Djokovic Wins/Losses in 2022 – 38/7
In 3 of Djokovic’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 2.112.
Djokovic leads with a score of 9-3 in the head-to-head encounters. The last time they met was at the Paris Masters in November. In that match, Novak Djokovic defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas (6-2, 3-6, 7-6) in three sets.
The match will be played at Center Court, Pala Alpitour, Turin, Italy.
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