“The match will take place on January 22 at 10:30 Kyiv time”, — write: sport.ua
Yannick Sinner
The leader of the world ranking had a phenomenal last season, eight tournaments won allowed the Italian to become the number one racket in the world. The history of doping left many questions, although the athlete was acquitted, but not everyone believed his version.
At this major, Sinner defends his title, so far everything is going according to plan, he spends no more than three hours on the court, he only played 3:05 with Rune, he defeated the Norwegian in four sets, the same number of games were needed to defeat the little-known Australian Skulkeit. In three sets it was possible to pass the Chilean Harry and the American Chiron.
If we return to the match with Rune, in the third set Sinner took a medical time-out, he did not feel very well, the initiative was on the opponent’s side, but the break benefited him, the Italian managed to win.
Yannik is only 23 years old, but he has the qualities of an experienced top tennis player, as well as endurance and intelligence. At this tournament, the athlete serves on average a little more than 10 aces per match, in the last meeting the speed of the first serve was 197 km/h on average, which looks very cool.
Physical condition will also be important, because it will definitely be easier for a local Australian to endure the weather, but this will not be an excuse in the event of a fiasco. I’ll note how strong Sinner is on hard, winning 50 of 53 matches on that surface last season, including two slams.
Getty Images/Global Images Ukraine. Yannick Sinner Alex De Minaur
Many predicted a great future for the Australian, Nadal called him at one time the fastest tennis player on the tour, which is very valuable to hear from the legendary Spaniard. De Minaur became a kind of connecting link between an average peasant and a top tennis player, he lacked stability to reach the level of the latter.
A separate story, grand slam tournaments, the athlete is already 25 years old, he has never gone beyond the quarterfinals. The grid at the home major was not difficult, the following were beaten in turn: Botik Van De Zandshulp (84), Tristan Boyer (136), Francisco Cherundolo (31), Alex Mikkelsen (42). In four matches, he spent about ten and a half hours on court, giving up only one set, the most difficult was against Cherundolo, almost four hours and winning four games.
If you look at the statistics, De Minaur has problems with the first serve, in the last two meetings, this indicator was less than 50%, which looks disastrous for a tennis player of this level, with such a second serve, the first racket of the world will definitely not create problems.
Getty Images/Global Images Ukraine. Alex de Minaur Personal meetings
In face-to-face confrontations, Sinner dominates, in some sources you can find the score 9:0, formally the score is 9:1 in favor of the Italian, it’s just that in the only winning match for the Australian, his opponent did not enter the court, and therefore received a technical defeat. The athletes last met about two months ago at the Davis Cup, when Sinner won 6:3, 6:4.
Forecast
The top 10 teams meet, so it’s a match of high level players. You don’t need the help of bookmakers to determine who is the favorite in the pair. Of course, Sinner is given more chances to succeed. There are concerns about the Italian’s physical condition, and De Minaur will be cheered on by the local crowd. You can bet on Sinner with a coefficient of 1.18, on his opponent 5.25. I consider a bet on a total of more than 33.5 games at 1.75 to be promising.
Yannick Sinner 22.01.2025 –
10:30 a.m
Alex de Minaur