Jannik Sinner, just days after finishing runner-up at the 2023 Nitto ATP Finals, will face Talon Griekspoor at the 2023 Davis Cup tennis event this week. The match is in the quarterfinals of the 2023 World Cup of Tennis. Sinner represents Germany while Griekspoor represents the Netherlands. Both countries will be looking to advance to the Davis Cup semifinals. They are each the highest-ranked nominations for their countries. My Sinner vs Griekspoor prediction is that the latter will win with game handicaps applied in this match.
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Jannik Sinner vs Talon Griekspoor Head-to-Head Series
The Sinner vs Griekspoor h2h is 1-0. The two players met earlier this season in a match that was competitive. Sinner defeated Griekspoor at the 2023 ATP Rotterdam event, a 500-series indoor event on the hard-court surface. The line score in the match was 7-5, 7-6 with the tiebreaker settled by the minimum two points. The two players combined for 11 aces in that match, they combined for 3 double-faults, and there was just one break of serve in the match. On total points, Sinner won just 52% of the points that they played in this early 2023 semifinal match.
On short-term form, Sinner is certainly the much more in-form player. He made the ATP Tour Finals just last week. In doing so, he went 4-1 in the tournament with a victory over Novak Djokovic. Furthermore, Sinner won titles at both ATP Beijing and ATP Vienna in the post-US Open tournament draws. He is polished right now, even against the best of competition. Sinner is ranked 4th in the world but he is playing at a high enough level that you could treat him as the World No. 2 or World No. 3.
Griekspoor finished the tennis season ranked 23rd in the world. When he last played, he fell in the round of sixteen at the 2023 Paris Masters to Novak Djokovic. Griekspoor carries a 7-6 record in Davis Cup singles matches into this match against Sinner. The Italian player has been more reliable in these events in recent seasons. He is 6-1 in Davis Cup play.
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Sinner vs Griekspoor Prediction: Griekspoor +4.5
What bettors will have to watch out for is Sinner having a letdown. He was just in the final for the 2023 Nitto ATP Finals, where he lost to Novak Djokovic and the result had to be both physically and mentally exhausting. There is a chance that Sinner is not energetic right now. He did beat Djokovic earlier in the same tournament. If Sinner plays his best, then this will be a very tough match for Griekspoor to win. But at moneyline odds of -770 to win, Sinner is a clear pass (Unibet).
Bettors should be taking Griekspoor on a game handicap at +4.5 and odds of +100 (Unibet). Griekspoor did push Sinner to close sets the only time that they played. Also, in his last match, Griekspoor took a set off of Djokovic in Paris so the Dutch player is in good form. But you are partly hoping that Sinner isn’t as motivated for this match as he has been in other matches lately. Certainly, Davis Cup rubbers, historically, have not always motivated the top players on tour, players that are usually more interested in the ranking-point events.
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