Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Rinky Hijikata Prediction: Tsitsipas Hoping for an Easier Second Round Match

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Rinky Hijikata are two highly skilled players on the ATP Tour and Challenger Tour, both with different playing styles and recent form. However, I am not able to find any information about a player named Rinky Hijikata.

Stefanos Tsitsipas is a professional tennis player from Greece. The Association of Tennis Professionals has placed him as high as world No. 3, which he first attained on August 9, 2021, making him the highest-ranked Greek player in history, with Maria Sakkari.

Rinky Hijikata is a tennis player from Australia. Following a strong collegiate career at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, Hijikata turned professional, reaching a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 159 on October 31, 2022.

Hijikata had played in just one Grand Slam main draw match before this and he had taken a set off Rafael Nadal in that match. In his opener here, the 169th-ranked player looked like he was headed out in straight sets to Yannick Hanfmann.

While Tsitsipas is 1/16 to win this, he could be in for a contest that might see Hijikata push him in at least one of the sets. A straight-set win for Tsitsipas is at 4/6 but we will probably avoid that here. Over 30.5 games looks likely.

• Total Over 30 for 1.83
• Handiсap Rinky Hijikata (+8.5) for 1.8
• Individual Total 2 Under 11.5 for 1.81