Hubert Hurkacz vs Tallon Griekspoor Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Rotterdam

Prediction published on 14/02/2024, 04:21  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 15/02/2024 at 00:55 in Tennis Predictions

Fourth seed Hubert Hubert Hurkacz bids to reach a third successive ATP Tour quarter final. He faces unseeded Tallon Griekspoor in round two of this indoor hard court ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam. The potential quarter final opponents are unseeded Jan-Lennard Struff or the winner of the first round match between seventh seed Ugo Humbert and Emil Ruusuvouri. It's been a good year so far for Hurkacz who also reached the final when representing Poland in the United Cup team tournament. In singles events, he made it to the quarter finals of the Australian Open and last weekend the last four in Marseille. He's been piling up the ranking points and is currently eighth in the live rankings and sixth in the ATP Race. He had a tricky first round match in this ATP 500 tournament. The Pole had to go a final set to get past Jiri Lehecka, losing the middle one. 

Tallon Griekspoor will have the support here as he's playing in his native Netherlands. Last year he reached the semi-finals of this Rotterdam tournament. At the start of this year's ABN AMRO Open he was ranked 29th but has been as high as 21st. The first round saw him come from a set down to get past Lorenzo Musetti. He's defending all the points he won here last year so is down to 30th in the live rankings. In the ATP Race, he's up to 64th. It's not been the best of starts to the new year but he did reach the last 32 of the Australian Open and had recent wins in the Davis Cup. Only one of his three previous matches against Hurkacz has been won. His one win came on grass and the only previous match played on a hard court was in Basel last year and won by Hurkacz. We tip Hurkacz to get the win and reach the last eight.