Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Maxime Cressy Prediction: Expect Greek to win

Tsitsipas' first opponent at the Stockholm tournament will be American Maxime Cressy. The two men have only played each other once, at the U.S. Open in 2020, and the Greek has had no problems with Cressy. Not surprisingly, he is quoted as the favorite for the upcoming game. Telecomasia offers a prediction and betting tips for the match schedules to take place on October 19 at the Stockholm Open.

Tsitsipas was on a break last week but before that he played a tournament in Astana and reached the final, but lost in the deciding set to eventual champion Novak Djokovic in two sets. Before facing Novak, Stefanos was stronger than Kukushkin, Nardi, Hurkacz and Rublev, losing only one set to Andrey Rublev in four matches. The match against Djokovic was short-lived and Tsitsipas did not really put up a fight, winning only 7 games.

Before the Stockholm Open, Cressey failed in Tel Aviv, Astana and Florence. The American lost to Lestienne in Israel, Khachanov in Kazakhstan and Wolf in Italy. Cressy arrived in Sweden with a three-match losing streak, but in the first round of Stockholm Open, Maxime secured an important victory for himself over Ivashka in three sets. Cressy had 22 aces and 11 double faults in the game and won 79% of his first-serve points and 53% of his second-serve points. The American was 28%/29% on the receiving end.

Stefanos and Maxime played each other once at the 2020 US Open. Stefanos won the match 3-0, the match lasted two and a half hours, the guys got a tie-break in the first set, Cressey didn't make it to the seven.

It's unlikely Tsitsipas has lost his form over the week, and the Greek's form in Astana was excellent, even after he lost to Djokovic in the final in two sets. Before that the Greek confidently defeated the not weak Hurkacz and overcame Rublev in three sets, but he earned a victory after losing the first set. Cressy was strong in serve, but the American has problems with receiving, and Maxime lacks stability. Even if Cressy gets to a tie-break in one of the sets he will not win it. Overall, we're betting on a solid win for Tsitsipas in the upcoming match:

Correct Score 2-0 for 1.72 at Bet365 & 1.71 at 1xbet.

Total Under (21.5) for 2.10 at Betway.

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