Jannik Sinner vs Tallon Griekspoor Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Halle Open

Prediction published on 17/06/2024, 09:52  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 19/06/2024 at 06:45 in Tennis Predictions

Jannik Sinner plays his first match since being confirmed as the new world number one. He takes on unseeded Tallon Griekspoor in the first round of the Halle Open grass court tournament. For the winner, the second round will see the victor play either Roman Safiullin or Fabian Marozsan, both of whom are unseeded. Sinner has won one Grand Slam this year in Australia and reached the last four in Roland Garros. On grass, the Italian failed to win a match in his first two appearances at Wimbledon. It's all gone well since with a quarter-final in 2022 and reaching the semi-finals last year. He's yet to reach a grass court final but won eight of his 11 matches on grass last year. He reached the last eight here last year but had to retire when a set and 2-0 down to Alexander Bublik.

Tallon Griekspoor has played Jannik Sinner four times and is still waiting for his first win. He's twice lost to Sinner this year but this is their first match on grass. Last week saw Griekspoor trying to defend the Libema Open he won last year but was beaten in the semi-finals by Sebastian Korda. Griekspoor had his struggles before that having to go to three sets twice and playing four tie-breaks. This is his third time at Halle and last year he made it to the quarter-finals when losing to Andrey Rublev in three sets, after winning the first. We go for Jannik Sinner to win this match in straight sets.