Luca van Assche vs Stefanos Tsitsipas Prediction: Stefanos will achieve a confident victory

In the Australian Open, Frenchman Luca van Assche, the 79th ranked player in the world, will face Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, currently No. 7 in the world rankings. The guys have not crossed paths in the Tour before, and bookmakers believe that Stefanos will achieve a confident victory.

Before the Australian Open, the Frenchman played two tournaments in Brisbane and Auckland. In New Zealand, the Frenchman reached the round of 16, where he lost to Cameron Norrie in three sets. In Melbourne, van Assche played two 5-set matches, knocking out Duckworth and Musetti. The match against Musetti lasted three hours and 49 minutes, and van Asch won it 6:3, 3:6, 6:7, 6:3, 6:0. During the game, the Frenchman made nine aces with three double faults and won 76% of points on the first serve, and 60% on the second.

Thompson managed to create problems for Tsitsipas. The match against the Australians lasted three hours and 39 minutes, 4:6, 7:6, 6:2, 7:6 in favor of the Greek. During the game, Tsitsipas made 13 aces with two double faults, and won 75% of points on the first serve and 64% on the second. In the first round of AO-2024, Tsitsipas beat Belgian Bergs in 4 sets.

We doubt Tsitsipas will have an easy ride in the third round. If the Greek had problems in the matches against Bergs and Thompson, he would surely have problems against the young and promising van Assche, who has already managed to knock out the representative of Melbourne's first 20 ATP ranking, Musetti. We believe that the upcoming meeting will be quite long. At least four sets are guaranteed.