Jannik Sinner vs Tallon Griekspoor Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Rotterdam

Prediction published on 16/02/2024, 16:49  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 17/02/2024 at 05:30 in Tennis Predictions

Top seed Jannik Sinner faces unseeded Tallon Griekspoor in the ABN AMRO Open semi-final in Rotterdam. The winner will take on either Alex de Minaur or Grigor Dimitrov in Sunday's final. Sinner can extend his lead at the top of the Live ATP Race which is currently 900 points. In the overall rankings he's a career high fourth but winning this title will take him above Daniil Medvedev. He's won all ten of his matches this year and seven of those led to him winning the Australian Open. He's carrying on the good form shown at the end of last year when reaching the title decider of the ATP Finals and winning all his matches as Italy won the Davis Cup. In this tournament he's lost sets to Benjamin Bonzi and Gael Monfils. His quarter final on Friday saw him win the first set against Milos Raonic who then retired in the second when it was 1-1.

This is a repeat of the Rotterdam semi-final from last year. Sinner won that in straight sets. Griekspoor will have the home fans cheering him but trails Sinner 2-0 in previous meetings, both lost in straight sets.  He's up to 28th in the live rankings, still seven below his career high. His form hadn't been that great this year with only the last 32 reached in the Australian Open. He has hit form in recent weeks though and has now won seven of his last eight matches but Hubert Hurkacz is the only top 16 player beaten in this run. The quarter finals saw him get a straight sets win over Emil Ruusuvouri. We tip Sinner to win this and reach the Rotterdam final for the second year in a row.