2021 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament Semi-Final – Andrey Rublev vs Stefanos Tsitsipas Preview & Prediction

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THE FACTS

The place is Andrey Rublev vs Stefanos Tsitsipas happening? Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands

When is Andrey Rublev vs Stefanos Tsitsipas on and what time does it begin? Saturday 6^th March, 2021 – not earlier than 14:00 (UK)

What floor is Andrey Rublev vs Stefanos Tsitsipas being performed on? Onerous (indoor)

The place can I get tickets for Andrey Rublev vs Stefanos Tsitsipas? No tickets can be found as this occasion will probably be held behind closed doorways

What channel is Andrey Rublev vs Stefanos Tsitsipas on? This match is not going to be televised dwell within the UK

The place can I stream Andrey Rublev vs Stefanos Tsitsipas? Amazon Prime subscribers can stream the match dwell by way of their platform

THE PREDICTION

Each Andrey Rublev and Stefanos Tsitsipas have been examined all through their respective quarter-finals, with Rublev requiring two tiebreaks and a deciding set to get previous an in-form Jeremy Chardy while Tsitsipas got here again from a set all the way down to a resurgent Karen Khachanov. This will probably be an actual step-up in high quality now for Rublev in Rotterdam after dealing with three gamers exterior the highest 50 up to now and Stefanos Tsitsipas is definitely the extra battle-hardened of the 2 after robust checks towards Hubert Hurkacz and Khachanov. This will probably be a captivating, high-quality encounter between two gamers already forming a powerful rivalry at such younger ages. 22-year-old Tsitsipas leads a 3-2 head-to-head file between the pair and it’s the case proper now that Rublev struggles towards the gamers ranked above him. His file towards anybody beneath is probably second to none apart from the true elite proper now however he has misplaced the final two matches towards Tsitsipas and each of their indoors encounters on the Subsequent Gen Finals in 2018 and final season’s ATP Finals. For need of a troublesome consequence to facet with, the probability of this match going to a decider is excessive between two of essentially the most decided gamers on tour and so they have by no means shared a match wherein each gamers didn’t take a set. Depart it there, or take Tsitsipas to edge this one as a member of a really unique membership of gamers whom know the way to beat the world quantity eight.