{"id":53308,"date":"2022-11-04T22:10:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T02:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=53308"},"modified":"2022-11-05T01:01:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T05:01:41","slug":"atp-paris-masters-semifinal-predictions-djokovic-tsitsipas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/11\/04\/atp-paris-masters-semifinal-predictions-djokovic-tsitsipas\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Paris Masters Semifinal Predictions Including Novak Djokovic vs Stefanos Tsitsipas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas will meet for the 11th time in the semifinals at the ATP Rolex Paris Masters. Meanwhile, the other final-four matchup pitches surely the two form players on tour against each other. Holger Rune has made three finals in a row whilst Felix Auger-Aliassime has won three tournaments on the spin. Who do you think will find their way to yet another championship match?<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Paris Masters Semifinal Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Holger Rune<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> Auger-Aliassime 1-0 Rune<\/p>\n<p>Both players must be running on fumes by now, but it&#8217;s really not showing in their games. Rune has reached the final in his three previous events, including two in the past couple of weeks. Felix Auger-Aliassime arrives in the semifinals here on a 16-match win streak and hasn&#8217;t even had a week off along the way. They met for the first time last week in Basel, battling each other for the title on Sunday. Auger-Aliassime took that clash, but it might not be as straightforward this time.<\/p>\n<p>Both players survived extremely tough battles in their opening rounds in Paris, but quickly returned to steamrolling their opponents. With Rune&#8217;s recent improvements on serve, he should be able to keep up with the Canadian when it comes to free points won. He&#8217;s often been blasting his second delivery too and doing so with great success. A slower and higher-bouncing surface (compared to Basel) will also help the 19-year-old make the match more about the baseline patterns and potentially allow him to win the backhand cross-court exchanges that he should dominate in this matchup.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prediction: Rune in 3<br \/>\n<a id=\"9ay11wl-Rp5z176DtlHgcA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1439061710\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'9ay11wl-Rp5z176DtlHgcA',sig:'uJfa5nGlBKfHEjBojZEcajjZkwKwzFqCcfKe8iLXoyk=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1439061710',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Novak Djokovic vs Stefanos Tsitsipas<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> Djokovic 8-2 Tsitsipas<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic and Tsitsipas have also played in a fairly recent final. Less than a month ago, the Serbian absolutely blasted through all his service games in their championship match at Astana. Since the French Open, Djokovic has only lost one match (to Auger-Aliassime at the Laver Cup) and has been looking extremely motivated and even hungrier for titles. This probably comes from the fact that the 21-time Grand Slam champion has been forced to skip many tournaments this year due to refusing to get vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>Tsitsipas hasn&#8217;t been quite that good, suffering disappointing exits (for his standards) to Rune and Borna Coric since. He&#8217;s put in some good work in Paris so far though, not dropping a set in three matches. While he once led the head-to-head against Djokovic 2-1, he hasn&#8217;t defeated the Serbian in over three years. He also lost both their indoor meetings &#8211; the aforementioned one in Astana and one at this very event (1-6 2-6 in 2019). This sort of demolition is unlikely, but that doesn&#8217;t mean that Tsitsipas&#8217; chances aren&#8217;t looking quite grim.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prediction: Djokovic in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"AJj6sUYaTVBt0uSseC9G4A\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1439056827\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'AJj6sUYaTVBt0uSseC9G4A',sig:'OgS5n3N19W2ffBnukPmvRXSc5czh62izGSJ8mfaNIUE=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1439056827',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas will meet for the 11th time in the semifinals at the ATP Rolex Paris Masters. Meanwhile, the other final-four matchup pitches surely the two form players on tour against each other. Holger Rune has made three finals in a row whilst Felix Auger-Aliassime has won three tournaments on the spin. 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