Stefanos Tsitsipas and Novak Djokovic will face off in the Astana Open final at the Beeline Arena Centre Court. The game will start on October 9 at 13:30.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-2.5) for Djokovic – 1.45.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Under 24 – 1.58.
Djokovic has a great opportunity to win a second consecutive title. We think he will be able to take advantage of it. Novak is in great shape. He is ready for the final not only physically, but also mentally, as he proved in his semi-final duel against Medvedev.
The two players met this season at a tournament in Rome. That time, it was also a final and in that match, Djokovic defeated Tsitsipas in two sets. We reckon that this upcoming match will be dominated by the Serb and he will defeat Stefanos in two sets again.
Tsitsipas reached the final for the sixth time this season. Earlier this year, he took titles in Monte Carlo and Mallorca.
Whatever the outcome of the forthcoming final, Stef will surely be satisfied with this week.
After all, he beat Hubert Hurkacz (7-6, 6-3) in the quarter-finals and Andrey Rublev (4-6, 6-4, 6-3) in the semi-finals.
Stef did not play the best first set, but he played the rest of the match almost without mistakes. In the second and third sets, Andrey failed to win at least one game on the receiving end.
In the decisive set, Tsitsipas broke at 4-3 and then served right away. All in all, a beautiful victory over a strong opponent.
Tsitsipas has won three of the previous five meetings with the top 10.
Djokovic, meanwhile, reached the final in his second consecutive tournament. However, in this case, it was not as easy as last week.
On Saturday, Novak faced Daniil Medvedev, his toughest opponent in the last few years.
It was a tight match as well. However, his luck was run out as he dropped the second set in the tie-break game and retired right afterwards due to injury.
Djokovic got really lucky because Medvedev played at an incredible level again. Something similar could be seen in the US Open 2021 final. After the match, Nole compared Daniil to a wall that is impossible to break through. In principle, this was the case. Most importantly: Novak admitted that his opponent played better in both sets.
Djokovic has four wins in his last five final matches.
In 3 of Djokovic’s last 5 matches, more than 9.5 games have been played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games – Over 9.5” with odds of 1.72.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 5/10
Tsitsipas’ Rating – 6
Stefanos Tsitsipas Wins/Losses in 2022 – 53/18
Djokovic’s Rating – 7
Novak Djokovic Wins/Losses in 2022 – 33/6
Nole leads with a score of 7-3 in the head-to-head encounters. The last time they met was at the Italian Open in May. In that match, Djokovic defeated Tsitsipas (6-0, 7-6) in three sets.
The match will be played at Center Court, National Tennis Center, Astana, Kazakhstan.
We recommend checking out the odds for the 2022 Astana Open: Tsitsipas vs Djokovic at 22bet and MelBet.