Jannik Sinner vs Sebastian Baez Prediction: Sinner will get another solid win

In the Australian Open, Italy's Jannick Sinner, world No. 4, will face Argentina's Sebastian Baez, currently No. 29 in the world rankings. The guys have crossed paths once before on the Tour, on the hard court of Shanghai in 2023, and that meeting was won by the Italian in three sets.

As we expected, Yannick Cinner had no problem reaching the third round of the Australian Open. In the second round, Sinner's opponent was Dutchman De Jong, the 161st-ranked player in the world. De Jong could only win six games in three sets; Sinner won 6:2, 6:2, 6:2, 6:2. For the game, the Italian made seven aces with one double fault, won 86% of points on the first serve and 76% on the second serve. In the first round, Jannick knocked out another Dutchman, Van de Zandschulp.

Before the Australian Open, Baez failed at tournaments in Brisbane and Adelaide, losing to Klein and Draper. In Melbourne, Baez had an unfinished match against Wolf and a 4-set win over Colombian Galan. The match against Galan lasted three hours and 17 minutes, with the match scores 7:5, 2:6, 6:2, 6:4. During the game, Baez had four aces and five double faults, won 69% of his first-serve points and 56% of his second-serve points.

We doubt that Baez is now in a position to fight Jannick Sinner. The Italian is in super form; Sinner kept the tone of the end of last season when Jannick reached the tournament's final and led his national team to victory in the Davis Cup. On the other hand, Baez has been on the decline lately and reached the third round of the AO-2024 only thanks to a lucky draw. In this pairing, we rely on the excellent form of the favorite; we believe that Sinner will achieve another confident victory in Melbourne.