Tsitsipas-Rune is a match valid for the group stage of the Atp Finals 2023: schedule, news, predictions, live TV and streaming.
On the third day of the Atp Finals 2023, it’s the turn of the two players who made their debut with a loss last Sunday, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Holger Rune, to cross their respective rackets. We are in the Green group, the one in which Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner were also drawn. And both the Greek and the Dane know they can’t make any more mistakes, as they are certainly not the favorites for the top two spots.
A defeat, then, could cost them dearly. Almost a tiebreaker, if you will. To then play it all out in the last game. For the Athens native, who seems to have overcome his elbow problem, the path leading to the knockout stage is already uphill. Tsitsipas, narrowly defeated by Sinner in the opener (6-4 6-4), must compulsorily beat Rune and then pull off the feat against Djokovic in the last round of the round robin. It’s a mountain to climb for a player who did not shine in the second half of the season, with the exception of Vienna and Paris-Bercy, two tournaments in which he reached the semifinals. Boris Becker’s student, also coming off complicated months affected by injury, gives the impression of being a little better than the Hellenic.
Almost a tiebreaker
Two days ago, in fact, Rune made Djokovic sweat, forcing him into the third set and to stay on court for over three hours. And he had also succeeded two weeks ago in Paris-Bercy.
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The record, then, is not good for the Greek, who lost to Rune twice out of two in the 2022 season. The Gentofte native prevailed at Roland Garros, folding Tsitsipas in four sets, and repeated himself a few months later in Stockholm, prevailing in the final over the Athenian without conceding a single set. For Rune, we recall, it is the first time ever at the Finals, Tsitsipas, on the other hand, has not made it past the round since his triumph in 2019: three eliminations in a row in the round robin for the Greek.
The prediction
The head-to-heads speak for themselves, with Rune getting the better of the Greek on two surfaces. The Dane is coming off two very good performances against Djokovic and seems to have more than a still underwhelming and ineffective Tsitsipas with his backhand. Rune slightly favored in a match of at least 21 games overall.
