Roger Federer vs Alex De Minaur Prediction & Betting Tips - Basel, Switzerland, Qualifying

Prediction published on 26/10/2019, 12:47  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 26/10/2019 at 16:07 in Tennis Predictions

Roger Federer first won the Swiss Indoors title in 2006. He's dominated the tournament since then with nine title victories including the last two. Federer chases a hat-trick of wins when he takes on Alex de Minaur in Sunday's final. He had little trouble making it to the last four with only six games lost in the first and second rounds. His quarter final against Stan Wawrinka was won by a walkover due to his opponent being injured. Saturday saw Federer defeat Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets 6-4 6-4. This is his first final since losing to Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon. So far he's won three titles this year and is the overwhelming favourite to make it four on Sunday.

Alex de Minaur is only 20 and has been rising up the rankings in recent months. He began this week at 28th but the live rankings see him up to 18th. The Australian had a recent win at the Zhuhai tournament and before that won in Atlanta and reached the last sixteen of the US Open. He's played four matches to get through to this final and only dropped one set. He had a tough semi-final against Reilly Opelka, winning in three sets with each of them going to a tie-break. That may well have taken a lot out of him and the tip here is for Federer to win his 10th title here with a straight sets win.