Australian Open in Melbourne, round of 16, Sunday, 20.01.2024
Taylor Fritz and Stefanos Tsitsipas have known each other for a long time. Almost ten years ago, the two tennis stars played their first duel in the junior majors. While the American was still ahead at a young age, Tsitsipas followed suit at an older age.
The score is now 3:3 in the direct duel. This is the second time they have met at the Australian Open. There was already a thrilling five-set thriller in the round of 16 in 2022, which the man from the Greek capital won.
I’m really looking forward to this match and I don’t think you’ll be any different. In my Fritz Tsitsipas betting tip, I’ll give you the best odds for this duel
Tsitsipas has already reached the final of a Grand Slam tournament twice. Both times he was defeated by the most successful tennis player of all time, Novak Djokovic. In 2024, the Greek will be making another attempt to follow up his Australian Open final last year.
After struggling at the start against Zizou Bergs (5-7, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3) and Jordan Thompson (4-6, 7-6, 6-2, 7-6), he found his rhythm more quickly against Luca van Assche, dispatching the 19-year-old 6-3, 6-0, 6-4.
However, Tsitsipas repeatedly let something slip in the service games. After three matches, he has 25 break opportunities against him. He will definitely need more confidence against Fritz to make it through to the next round
Not only because the Californian has had no problems with his own service games in the last two matches, but also because his return game is at a high level in Melbourne.
Fritz had 52 break points, and only offered a total of four opportunities against Fabian Marozsan and Hugo Gaston. The tie-break has yet to occur in the entire tournament.
Tsitsipas also had to play out a set decider in his first matches. That’s why we look at the tiebreak odds. A 4.00 is waiting at Betano for no tiebreak in the match
The rather high odds are due to the fact that a rather long match is expected. According to the betting provider, it is likely to be at least four rounds. Therefore, the odds are also quite low at 1.39.
Betano has 3.00 odds for five rounds. Tiebreaks of less than 1.5 still fetch 1.65, but even two tiebreaks are not unlikely with two strong servers.
However, I’m more certain that there won’t be more than two tiebreaks and that everyone will win at least one set. How good that betting providers such as Winamax and Bet365 have betting configurators for tennis at the ready.
Finally, I can cobble together total odds of 1.54 when combining over 3.5 sets with under 2.5 tiebreaks. A very strong bet in my opinion. On hard court, the two stars are on a very similar level.
At the same time, tiebreaks remain a rarity in direct duels. Only in one of the six meetings was one played out. Even in the five-set duel in Melbourne in 2022, none was needed. Only at the Masters in Paris 2019 did one set end 7-6.
My Fritz Tsitsipas tip
Fritz against Tsitsipas on hard court? I wouldn’t dare to bet on a winner. Fritz serves better, Tsitsipas has a slightly better forehand and has the advantage in the longer rallies.
At such a similar level, I don’t expect either player to win outright in three sets. At the same time, they both have excellent return skills. However, Fritz has been more stable in recent matches.
I prefer to concentrate on the Bet365 betting configurator and look forward to an exciting match in which both players can win with my bet.
My Fritz Tsitsipas tip: Over 3.5 sets & under 2.5 tiebreaks
