Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Jeffrey Wolf: Betting on a Quick Duel

Stefanos starts the Masters in Miami with a match against Jeffrey Wolf, American tennis player, #167 in the world. They played each other a month ago in Acapulco. The Greek won the match in two sets. He is the favorite now.

Stefanos Tsitsipas reached the semifinals in Acapulco, where he lost in two games to Britain's Cameron Norrie in one hour and 19 minutes. Before that, the Greek knocked out Djere, Wolf, and Giron. The Greek took a break after Mexico and returned to Indian Wells two weeks later. In California, Stefanos played two matches, outplayed the American Sock, but fell in three sets to Sock's compatriot, Brooksby. The result was a big surprise because Tsitsipas won the first game 6:1 in 28 minutes. It seemed that he could not avoid the defeat of the American, but the Greek began to make mistakes, lost confidence in his abilities and gave up the next sets 3:6, 2:6.

Little-known American player Jeffrey Wolf opened the tournament in Miami with a qualifying tournament. First, the American beat Querrey, the famous tennis veteran, in two sets. In the final of qualifying, Wolf was stronger than Kazakhstan's Dmitry Popko, #175 in the world. The match against Popko lasted one hour and 38 minutes, Wolf won 6:4, 6:4. Unlike Tsitsipas, who missed the first round, Wolf played the last 64 against German Altmaier. The match lasted an hour and a half, Jeffrey took it 6:4, 6:4. Wolf served four doubles and two doubles faults. He won 81% of his first serve and 60% of his second. On the receiving end the American was worse: 21% on his first serve and 60% on Altmaier's second serve. However, with all due respect to the German, the American has a much stronger opponent now.

Given the result of the match a month ago, it is hard to believe that this time the American will give the top Greek player decent resistance. Last year Stefanos reached the quarterfinals in Miami and lost only at that stage to the future winner of the tournament, Hurkacz in three sets. Obviously, in the upcoming round, he is determined to at least repeat that results and he does not want to waste time and energy on the first round matches. We believe that Stefanos Tsitsipas - Jeffrey Wolf match will not be a protracted one.

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