Filip Krajinovic vs Matteo Berrettini Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP London - Queen's

Prediction published on 18/06/2022, 14:35  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 18/06/2022 at 16:16 in Tennis Predictions

Matteo Berrettini bids to become the first player since Andy Murray in 2016 to retain the title at Queen's Club. The top seed takes on the unseeded Filip Krajinic in the final  Berrettini is in his third successive grass court title decider. He lost to Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final last year but last week won the Stuttgart title. That was his first tournament back since being injured. He's the world number 10 but needs to win this match to avoid dropping down to 11th. He'll be seeded higher than that at Wimbledon due to the player bans that are occurring. This week he has had wins over Dan Evans, Denis Kudla (after losing the first set), Tommy Paul and Botic van de Zandschulp. The Italian has had two previous matches against Krajinic and won them both. The most recent was one was on clay in Serbia last year. This is their first meeting on a grass court surface.

Filip Krajinovic began this tournament ranked 48th in the world. He's up to 31st in the live rankings after this run to the Queen's Club final. Winning the title will see him rise four more places but it looks as if he will be seeded at Wimbledon this year, despite never having got past the first round there. Krajinovic is in his first ever grass court final  whatever the level of the game being played. This is his best performance since being beaten in the final of the Hamburg Open on clay last year. He's reached this final with wins over Jenson Brooksby, Sam Querrey (after losing the first set), Ryan Penniston (again needing to go to three sets) and then in the semi-final, a straight sets win over seventh seeded Marin Cilic. This is a tougher task and the tip is for Berrettini to again show how good he is on grass with a straight sets win.