Arthur Fils will face Jannik Sinner in the quarter-finals of the Open 13. The match will start on February 23 at 17:00 UK time.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-4) for Sinner – 1.71.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Under 22 – 1.74.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – 1st Set Games Under 9.5 – 1.772.
A lot in the upcoming encounter will depend on how well Sinner has recovered from his tough week in Rotterdam. Hopefully, the 21-year-old Italian still has the strength left for one spurt and will be able to outplay Fils again, as he did a couple of weeks ago at the Montpellier tournament.
Fils and Sinner faced each other a fortnight ago in Montpellier, also on an indoor hard court. The Italian player won the match in two sets. We expect the upcoming match to follow a similar pattern.
Arthur started the tournament with a victory over Roman Safiullin (6-4, 6-3).
This was the French player’s 13th win on the indoor hard courts this season. Earlier this year, he won the Challenger in Oeiras and reached the semi-finals in Montpellier.
As expected, the match against the Russian was not a serious problem for the talented Frenchman.
Arthur broke at the beginning of the first set and then just held his serve. The second set followed a similar pattern, only this time the 18-year-old received two games.
By the way, Safiullin had only one break point, which Fils easily won.
Fils has picked up four wins in his previous five matches against higher-ranked opponents.
Sinner has competed twice before in Marseille and his best result so far has been reaching the quarter-finals in 2021.
Jannik has been placed among the seeded, so he started straight from the second round.
Sinner was close to taking the title for a second straight tournament last week.
The Italian reached the final in Rotterdam, where he lost to Daniil Medvedev (7-5, 2-6, 2-6).
It is also worth noting that Sinner defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas (6-4, 6-3) last week. It was his first win over a top-three opponent.
Jannik took the title in Montpellier in the first half of February, defeating Maxime Cressy (7-6, 6-3) in the final encounter.
Sinner has seven wins in his last ten bouts on the French courts.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 7/10
Arthur Fils’s Rating – 118
Arthur Fils Wins/Losses in 2023 – 13/2
Jannik Sinner’s Rating – 12
Jannik Sinner Wins/Losses in 2023 – 12/3
In 3 of Sinner’s last 5 matches, more than 9.5 games have been played in the first set. However, it won’t be the case in this match. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games Under 9.5” with odds of 1.772.
Sinner leads with a score of 1-0 in the head-to-head encounters. The last time they met was at the semi-finals of the Open Sud de France in early February. In that match, Sinner defeated Fils (7-6, 6-2) in two sets.
The match will be played in Center Court, Palais des sports de Marseille, Marseille, France.
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