A new day at the Australian Open, as always offering some high-quality matches to please the tennis crowd. Two Australian players will find themselves at the centre of attention, at least for those who are in Melbourne to enjoy the games and atmosphere direct. First one out is Alex De Minaur who is facing the young American Tristan Boyer. First Aussie game out is followed by the battle between the reigning champion Jannik Sinner and the Australian outsider Tristan Schoolkate. While the Australian players has been carried to new heights through the support from the home crowd, today the Australians will have to settle for just one win.
Alex de Minaur enters the court with great confidence and support, of course this could build pressure and rattle nerves, but he is experienced enough to just be strengthened by the situation. Boyer is of course hungry for more, but facing a home player with the crowds behind him will prove to much of a burden.
De Minaur will hook on to the positive energy built up by the initial success of the Australian players and discard Boyer quite easily. With confidence and good hopes of making it through quite a few more rounds, De Minaur doesn’t need to hold on to time on the Rod Laver arena just for the pleasure but will rather settle this contest as fast as possible.
Reigning champion vs young Australian underdog. This is stuff that could make the setting for yet an epic sports moment in the style of the US ice hockey team who earned themselves a place in the history books in the Olympics in 1980...
But no matter how much we all love these stories it will not happen in Melbourne this time. But, there is definitely a good chance that pure adrenaline and excitement will help Schoolkate to grab more games than expected. In the first round Sinner vs Jarry, it took 33 games to finish the match. While statistics and data suggest much less for this game, there is still good value to collect even with a more moderate approach.
The cautious punter plays it safe and goes for “Over 26,5 games”, but there is definitely good possibility for one or two games more being added to the match.
DE MINAUR VS BOYER
2.15
TOTAL GAMES - UNDER 28.5
SINNER VS SCHOOLKATE
1.72
TOTAL GAMES - OVER 26.5
