ATP Barcelona Open 2021: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Jannik Sinner – Preview, Head to Head and Prediction
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Stefanos Tsitsipas, second seed at the Barcelona Open 2021, will face the Italian, Jannik Sinner in the quarterfinal clash on Friday. The Greek is ranked fifth in the world, whereas, Sinner is ranked 19th in the world.
Match Details
- Tournament: ATP Barcelona Open 2021
- Match: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Jannik Sinner
- Round: Quarterfinal
- Date: 24th April, 2021
- Prize Money: $77,789
- Venue: Barcelona, Spain
- Surface: Clay Court
Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Jannik Sinner: Preview
World No.5 Stefanos Tsitsipas is right now on an 8-match winning streak after lifting the Monte Carlo Masters 2021. Also, he hasn’t dropped a single set in all those 8 matches and is currently enjoying a purple patch.
This week at Barcelona, he has been in phenomenal form. In the quarter-finals, he defeated rising Canadian star Felix Auger-Aliassime in straight sets 6-3,6-3.
His opponent, Jannik Sinner is the 11th seed in the tournament and hasn’t dropped a set yet. He defeated 5th seed Roberto Bautista Agut in the Round of 16 in a dominant match. In the quarter-final he caused a huge upset, defeating 3rd seed Andrey Rublev in straight sets 6-2,7-6(6) to set up a SF clash against Tsitsipas.
Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Jannik Sinner: Head-to-Head
This will be the third meeting between the duo. The H2H stands deadlock at 1-1. Both of their previous meetings have come at the Rome Masters in 2019 and 2020 with Sinner winning the last time they met.
Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Jannik Sinner: Prediction
This will be cracker of a match with two NextGen talents going up against each other. Both the players have the potential to win slams in the future. Tsitsipas will go in as the favorite on paper given his recent success on Clay.
The same thing could be said about Sinner. The Italian teen is portrayed as the future champion on Clay. He has produced some excellent results this week and would give a tough outing to the Greek. Expect the match to go down the distance with Tsitsipas just edging past.
Prediction: Tsitsipas to win in three sets.
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