Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Felix Auger-Aliassime Rotterdam Final Preview

At all times the standout of the post-Australian Open indoor detour on the ATP Tour, Rotterdam will ship one other fascinating last on Sunday. This time it will likely be between Felix Auger-Aliassime and Stefanos Tsitsipas. Auger-Aliassime will hope to go one higher than in 2020, the place he was a shedding finalist.

One would assume {that a} match between the World No.4 and a qualifier can be straight ahead nevertheless it was something aside from that for Tsitsipas, who wanted three units in opposition to a red-hot Jiri Lehecka. He was taken unexpectedly by the attacking play of the Czech however finally discovered his rhythm, drawing more and more extra errors from him because the match went on. “I didn’t know what to anticipate, so I used to be making an attempt to determine his patterns and his recreation. He was enjoying extremely properly after the primary serve, urgent and attacking like I had by no means seen earlier than. I needed to keep within the match and I managed to outlive.” he mentioned.

Auger-Aliassime hit 41 winners in a powerful comeback win to make the ultimate, finally popping out on high 6-7 6-4 6-2 in opposition to Andrey Rublev. The Russian had not been damaged all week however as soon as Auger-Aliassime secured the primary break within the second set, the momentum fully swung and he remained in management from there. This win follows two good wins over Andy Murray and Cameron Norrie, each in straight units.

Already 0-8 in finals, Auger-Aliassime shall be determined to keep away from shifting one step nearer to the file of Julien Benneteau’s 0-10. Nonetheless, it will be very powerful in opposition to an opponent who’s serving properly and is a robust participant indoors. Tsitsipas leads the face to face 5-2 with a kind of coming in an indoor exhausting courtroom last at Marseille in 2020.

Maybe much more concerningly with this file of Auger-Aliassime is that he has didn’t even win a set in any of this eight finals, together with in opposition to a number of beatable opponents. He’s far too good to proceed with such a file long run however relying on a draw luck, he could develop into the holder of an unlucky file earlier than his fortune turns.

Prediction – Stefanos Tsitsipas in three units