Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Cameron Norrie Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Italian Open

Prediction published on 12/05/2024, 04:13  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 14/05/2024 at 08:42 in ATP Italian Open Predictions

Sixth seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas takes on Cameron Norrie who is the 27th seed in this Italian Open. This is a match in the last 32 and the winner will be up against either ninth seed Alex de Minaur or 18th seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime. Tsitsipas has already won one Masters clay court tournament this year with success in Monte Carlo. He then reached the final in Barcelona but lost to Casper Ruud. His last tournament in Madrid didn't go so well with a loss to Thiago Monteiro in his first match. He returned to form in round two of this tournament with a three-set win over recent BMW Open champion Jan-Lennard Struff. He lost the first set on a tie-break but recovered well to win the next two. The Greek is down to tenth in the live rankings as he's defending the points earned when reaching the last four here in 2023. Tsitsipas has an excellent record in Rome with a runners-up spot in 2022.

Cameron Norrie also had to go to three sets in the second round. He lost the middle one in his win over unseeded Jaume Munar. The British player is 31st in the live rankings so his seeding at Roland Garros isn't confirmed yet. He lost in the last 32 in Madrid in his most recent clay court tournament but has had some success on this surface in 2024. The last four was reached in Rio (a tournament he won last year) and the quarter-finals in Barcelona. A win over Tsitsipas will take him into the fourth round of this tournament for the second successive year. He's 1-1 in previous matches against the Greek but lost the only match on clay two years ago. We tip Tsitsipas to win in straight sets.