Greece International and world number 8 Stefanos Tsitsipas will face Australian International and world number 11, Alex de Minaur in the 16th round of the ATP Rome tournament.
Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Jan-Lennard Struff and Cameron Norrie, while Alex de Minaur defeated Roberto Carballes-Baena and Felix Auger-Aliassime in the previous rounds of the tournament.
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Stefanos Tsitsipas is currently ranked 8th and he had achieved a highest rank of 3rd back in August 2021. Stefanos has won a total of 11 career titles till date.
Stefanos Tsitsipas’ first game of the ATP Rome tournament was against Jan-Lennard Struff and he won in 3 sets (6:7,6:4,6:4) and then he played against Cameron Norrie in the next round and he won in straight sets this time (6:2,7:6).
Stefanos Tsitsipas stats on the clay surface so far this year is outlined thus: On the serve, he has Aces (49), Double Faults (39), 1st serve points won (71%), 2nd serve points won (55%), Break Points saved (70%), service game won (84%), Total Service Points won (65%).
And on the return his stats are: 1st Serve Return won (33%), 2nd Serve Return Points won (49%), Breakpoints converted (45%), Return games won (30%), Return Points won (38%), Total Points won (52%).
Alex de Minaur
Alex de Minaur is currently ranked 11th and he had achieved a highest rank of 9th back in February this year. Alex de Minaur has won a total of 8 career titles till date.
In his first game in the ATP Rome tournament, he defeated Roberto Carballes-Baena in straight sets (3:6,2:6) and then went on to defeat Felix Auger-Aliassime in 3 sets (7:6,4:6,4:6).
Alex de Minaur’s stats on the clay surface this year is outlined thus: On the serve, he has Aces (16), Double Faults (21), 1st serve points won (68%), 2nd serve points won (55%), Break Points saved (49%), service game won (72%), Total Service Points won (62%).
And on the return his stats are: 1st Serve Return won (37%), 2nd Serve Return Points won (54%), Breakpoints converted (49%), Return games won (36%), Return Points won (43%), Total Points won (52%).
Head to Head
Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alex de Minaur have played a total of 14 games against each other in the past. Tsistsipas won 12 and Alex won just 2.
On the red clay surface they met only twice and Stefanos Tsistsipas won both encounters.
Analysis and Predictions
Alex de Minaur deserves some credit for his win over Felix in the previous round and he has proven he can play against the odds. But Stefanos Tsistsipas is still backed to come out of this game with the win. His experience against Alex de Minaur is a huge advantage.
- Stefanos Tsitsipas to Win an Under 24.5 Games at 1.972 Odds
- Stefanos Tsitsipas to Win 2-0 at 2.17 Odds
- Total Sets 2 at 1.61 Odds
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