Felix Auger Aliassime vs Holger Rune Prediction & Betting Tips - Basel, Switzerland, Qualifying

Prediction published on 29/10/2022, 14:31  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 29/10/2022 at 15:31 in Tennis Predictions

Felix Auger-Aliassime bids to make it three title wins in a row. The third seed face unseeded Holger Rune in the final of the Swiss Indoors Championship. The Canadian is the world number nine but can move into eighth if winning his fourth title of the year. He's seventh in the ATP Race and is looking good for a place in the Tour Finals. Auger-Aliassime has had recent title wins in both Florence and Antwerp as he looks to earn enough ranking points to get to the end-of-season Tour Finals. This week has seen him continue his good run of form. The last two title wins didn't see him beat anyone ranked higher than 28th. It's been tougher opposition in Basel though and in the semi-finals, he beat world number one Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets. Since dropping the first set to Marc-Andrea Husler in his opening match, the Canadian hasn't dropped a set .

Holger Rune is also in good form and this is his third consecutive final. He began this week ranked 25th but is up to a career high 18th. Winning this final would be his third title of the year and move him up to 16th. Last month saw him lose in the Sofia final but he then won the title in Stockholm. He beat Stefanos Tsitsipas to win that title in Sweden and has beaten two seeds on his way to this final. Alex de Minaur was beaten in the first round and then sixth seeded Roberto Bautista Agut in the last four. That semi-final was a tough one with both sets won on a tie-break. Rune hasn't dropped a set on his way to this final. This could be a tight match but the tip is for Auger-Aliassime to win the title. Have a side bet on a tie-break being played.