Alex De Minaur vs Andrey Rublev Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Rotterdam

Prediction published on 15/02/2024, 12:11  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 16/02/2024 at 01:15 in Tennis Predictions

Second seed Andrey Rublev takes on seventh seeded Alex de Minaur in the ABN AMRO Open quarter finals in Rotterdam. The winner of this match will face either sixth seed Grigor Dimitrov or unseeded Alexander Shevchenko in the last four. Rublev is at a career high fifth in the world rankings and holds the same position in the ATP Live Race. He's won ten of his 11 matches this year and won the Hong Kong title at the start of 2024. His only loss came in the quarter finals of the Australian Open when being beaten by eventual champion Jannik Sinner who is the top seed in this ATP 500 tournament. In that Grand Slam he beat de Minaur in the last 16, That went to a fifth set but Rublev won the decider without dropping a game. Rublev has beaten Zizou Bergs and Felix Auger-Aliassime to reach the last eight. He had to come from a set down to get past Auger-Aliassime.

Alex de Minaur is tenth in the live rankings but two places higher in the Live Race. The Australian has won eight of his ten matches this year. He started the year with wins over Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev as Australian reached the last four of the United Cup team tournament.  This is his first quarter final in a singles tournament and he's not lost a set so far. Straight sets wins have come against Sebastian Korda and David Goffin. He's 3-3 in previous meetings with Rublev but has lost three of the last four. We tip Rublev to win this match.