Daniil Medvedev vs Tim van Rijthoven Prediction: Meddy to Claim the Title and Tim to Take the Set

In the decisive match of the grass tournament in Hertogenbosch, Daniil Medvedev and the competition sensation, the Dutch player Tim van Rijthoven, 205th world ranking. Despite the list of his victims at the tournament, bookmakers do not believe in the Dutchman in the final match.

Medvedev won again in Hertogenbosch 2:0, but the victory over Mannarino was hardly easy. The guys were on the court for almost two hours, and the final score was 7:5, 7:5. Medvedev made many double faults again - four and four aces. Medvedev won 73% of his first-serve points and 46% of his second-serve points. On the receiving end, Daniil won 39% on Mannarino's first serve and 59% on his second. We can see that both played better on the receiving end than on serve. We should remind that Medvedev beat Simon and Ivashka before knocking Mannarino out.

Adrian plays good and some games in this match I was like, OK, I can’t do anything. I had to just continue playing my tennis. He was unbelievable sometimes, missing sometimes, so I just continued my game and it managed to work today. Last time I saw him was in juniors. Probably we saw each other last when we 18 years old and he was always playing good on grass, so I’m not surprised. It’s a surface where sometimes we have these sensations. He’s a great player so I’m ready for a big fight tomorrow. It would be great [to win] but it is never easy. I have to show my best tennis. Even if I lose, I have no regrets, but of course I will try my best. Every time you are in a final you want to win.

Medvedev after beating Mannarino

Tim van Rijthoven took part in Roland Garros, though not in the main draw, but in qualification. He reached the final, but lost on two tie-breaks to Gombos. Then the Dutchman moved to Surbiton, where he failed his first game to Virtanen. As we said, in Hertogenbosch Tim was a real sensation, defeating Ebden, Fritz, Gaston and Auger-Aliassime. Against the Canadian, Tim served 10 times on one double fault, won 70% of his points on the first serve and 79% on the second! On the receiving end he had 17% of his first serve points against Auger-Aliassime and 46% of his second. 

First of all, we note that so far Medvedev has problems with serving. A lot of faults prevent Daniil from feeling confident. On the other hand, Tim is very good on serve, in the match against Auger-Aliassime his percentage of winning points on the second serve was 9% higher than on the first one. Honestly, we don't see that very often and it tells us that Daniil will have a hard time on Sunday. Experience, status, and the level in general are on Medvedev's side so we doubt that Tim can take the trophy. But we expect quite a long match, the main thing is will van Rijthoven burn out or not.

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