Daniil Medvedev and Grigor Dimitrov will play against each other in the semi-finals of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. The match will start on February 18 at 14:00. Such a meeting should grace the tournament.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-4) for Medvedev – 1.74.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Under 23 – 1.57.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – 1st Set Games Under 9.5 – 1.89.
Medvedev and Dimitrov met in the Indoors in Vienna not long ago. The encounter took place last season and ended with a convincing win for the Russian in two sets, in which he lost only six games. We expect the upcoming match to go in favour of the Russian as well and he will once again beat the former world #3 in two sets.
The tennis players have met each other six times before and their last encounter between them ended in two sets. We expect the next encounter between Medvedev and Dimitrov to be a low-scoring as well.
Daniil is having arguably his best week of the season, even though he also managed to reach the semi-finals in Adelaide.
In Rotterdam, Medvedev finally began to show the tennis that made his major successes possible.
On Friday, he defeated Felix Auger Aliassime (6-2, 6-4). It was his first win in 13 months over a top-10 opponent. Before that, he had nine consecutive defeats against opponents of that level.
This time, Medvedev was again very effective on the receiving end, with four break points. In a game against Auger Aliassime, this was a really solid achievement.
In his previous matches, Daniil also played well on the opponent’s serve. He defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (4-6, 6-2, 6-2) and Botic van de Zandschulp (6-2, 6-2).
Grigor started the tournament with a victory over Aslan Karatsev (6-1, 6-3). That was just a warm-up, but the fun part came afterwards.
In the second round, Dimitrov defeated Hubert Hurkacz by two tie-breaks (7-6, 7-6). In the second set, the Bulgarian lost his serve at 3-3, but immediately afterwards he broke back.
Dimitrov defeated Alex De Minaur (6-3, 3-6, 7-6) in the quarter-finals. Here, Grigor scored a break and two match points in the decisive set. It was a thriller.
Dimitrov won three matches in a row for the first time in a season.
Dimitrov has lost seven of his last eight matches against the top 10.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 6/10
Daniil Medvedev’s Rating – 11
Daniil Medvedev Wins/Losses in 2023 – 8/2
Grigor Dimitrov’s Rating – 28
Grigor Dimitrov Wins/Losses in 2023 – 7/2
In 3 of Dimitrov’s last 5 matches, less than 9.5 games have been played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games Under 9.5” with odds of 1.89.
Medvedev leads with a score of 4-2 in the head-to-head encounters. The last time they met was at the Vienna Open in 2022. In that match, Medvedev defeated Dimitrov (6-4, 6-2) in two sets.
The match will be played in Center Court, Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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