Stefanos Tsitsipas will face Dominic Thiem at the 2023 ATP Vienna tennis event this week. This will be a first-round match in the tournament, a 500-series event on the ATP Tour that is also known as the 2023 Erst Bank Open. The Vienna tournament has a deep cast of talent this week. The survivor of this match will be in the round of sixteen and hopeful to be a factor in the later rounds. My Tsitsipas vs Thiem prediction is that the latter will win OVER 11.5 games in this upcoming match.
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Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Dominic Thiem Head-to-Head Series
These two players are balanced on head-to-heads. They have met ten times in the past, often in big matches, and each has claimed five victories. In their most recent match, Tsitsipas won a five-set marathon at Wimbledon 2023 in the tournament’s first round. The Greek national has had few highlights since. They have faced one another six times on the hard-court surface and Thiem has won four of those matches.
Tsitsipas remains the World No. 7 on the ATP Tour. However, he has not played like a Top Ten player lately. Last week in Antwerp, he beat the early-round players before falling in straight sets to Arthur Fils. Tsitsipas did not look particularly bad in the loss but you would have thought that the Antwerp title would have gone to the Greek if he was anywhere close to playing his best. In Shanghai, Tsitsipas lost to Ugo Humbert in the round of 32. It’s among several other disappointing losses for the World No. 7 recently.
Thiem’s career is pretty stagnant right now. In recent events, he has four match wins but one of those was at the challenger level. He lost to the World No. 164 in Slovakia earlier this month. Vienna does represent a home-country event for Thiem. You have to think that his energy levels will be high in this match because of that. But there’s nothing else in his recent history to really ground much confidence in him for this upcoming match.
The Draw: Right-click/Open in the New Tab for the draw for the 2023 Erst Bank Open
Tsitsipas vs Thiem Prediction: Thiem wins OVER 11.5 games
The best bet for this match is to take Thiem to win OVER 11.5 games (bet365). You can count on Tsitsipas not being at his best, meaning a lull in play might result. If this goes three sets, then 11.5 games will really be a low total for Thiem to clear. Thiem’s presumably high motivation levels should make him very difficult to deal with.
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