LiontipsFrances Tiafoe vs Alexander Zverev. Prediction and Betting Tips for ATP Vienna (October 31, 2021).
Command Analysis
Frances Tiafoe is having an incredible week. The American tennis player made his way into the main draw of the Vienna Open through qualification, passing Alex Molcan and Lucas Miedler. In the main draw, Tiafoe showed fantastic performance and outplayed Dusan Lajovic (6-4, 6-4), Stefanos Tsitsipas (3-6, 6-3, 6-4), Diego Schwarzman (6 -4, 7-6), and Jannik Sinner (3-6, 7-5, 6-2).
Alexander Zverev confidently reached the final of the Vienna Open. In the first round, the German defeated Filip Krajinovic (6-2, 7-5). In the following two matches, he lost sets to Alex De Minaur (6-2, 3-6, 6-2) and Felix Auger Aliassime (6-4, 3-6, 6-3). Finally, in the semifinal Zverev ousted Carlos Alcaraz (6-3, 6-3). Zverev already played in the final in Vienna last year - back then, he lost in three sets to Daniil Medvedev (7-5, 4-6, 1-6).
Trends
СтавкаTie-break - yes
Tiafoe has played 2 tie-breaks in the last 5 matches.
Ставка1st set: total under 9.5 games
Under 9.5 games were played in the first set in 3 of Zverev's last 5 matches.
Tip and bets
Tiafoe was lucky to pass the qualifying rounds, as he could have easily lost in either one of them. In the third round, he made a fantastic comeback from losing 0-3 to Tsitsipas in the deciding set. The semifinal match against Sinner could have also gone the other way. Zverev has been much more convincing, and we think that the German tennis player will get the upper hand today. He leads the head-to-head at 5 to 1 and is in incredible form.
Our prediction - handicap (-4) games to Zverev
The previous head-to-head match ended with Zverev's victory in two straight sets. We expect the same to happen today.
Second wager - total under 23 games
