Andrey Rublev vs Stefanos Tsitsipas Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Rotterdam

Prediction published on 05/03/2021, 15:54  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 05/03/2021 at 16:54 in Tennis Predictions

Stefanos Tsitsipas has won nine of his ten matches this year. He bids to make it ten and reach the final of the AMRO World Tennis tournament with a win over Andrey Rublev. This year has seen Tsitsipas win both of his matches in the ATP Cup. His only singles tournament before this week was the Australian Open. He knocked out Rafael Nadal in that event before losing to Daniil Medvedev in the semi-final. Back in Europe, he has had three wins but lost a set in two of them. Hubert Hurkacz took him to a deciding set and so did Karen Khachanov in the last eight. Tsitsipas had to fight back from a set down in that quarter final clash.

He now takes on world number eight Andrey Rublev in the semi-finals. The Russian is two places behind his opponent in the world rankings but has had a successful 2021. He won the ATP Cup with Russia winning all his four matches. The Australian Open saw him reach the last eight, he also saw his hopes ended by Medvedev. This week started with two straight set wins but his quarter final was tougher. He took on Jeremy Chardy who had already beaten David Goffin. Rublev won the first set on a tie-break but lost the one that happened in the second set. He fought back to win the final set 6-4. Tsitsipas has won three of their previous five meetings, including the last two.  This could go either way with both players in form this year. Go for over 22.5 games to be played.