Mammoth task for the Kerpen native!
The German faces the ultimate challenge in the second round of the Shanghai Masters with the defending champion! Following the withdrawal of world number one Carlos Alcaraz, the South Tyrolean is now the top favorite to win the next tournament in China in the current edition of the penultimate Masters of the year.
Read the following preview to find out which Daniel Altmaier vs. Jannik Sinner tip could be worthwhile in the eyes of the betting base. The German booked his place in the second round thanks to a two-set victory over Australian qualifier Tristan Schoolkate.
His form can also be described as stable. At the recent US Open, he reached the third round and only lost due to injury. Nevertheless, he is now the absolute underdog, as Sinner lost the US Open final to Alcaraz but then went on to win the tournament in Beijing.
In the battle for the number 1 spot in the world rankings against the Spaniard, the Italian cannot afford any slip-ups, as he has to defend a lot of points at the tournament in Shanghai as the defending champion. However, the prediction for the match between Daniel Altmaier and Jannik Sinner is now for at least one tiebreak.
Daniel Altmaier – Jannik Sinner Head-to-head record
The German and the South Tyrolean have faced each other twice so far, and the record is even. Altmaier prevailed at the French Open in 2023, and a year earlier, Sinner claimed victory at the US Open.
Both matches were hard-fought and went to five sets! For the next edition of Daniel Altmaier vs. Jannik Sinner, however, the odds now clearly favor the Italian.
Daniel Altmaier – Jannik Sinner Tip
Of course, Daniel Altmaier is the clear underdog going into the match against the world number 2. Sinner can look back on another very successful year and wants to reclaim the world number one spot in the coming weeks.
We therefore consider the German’s chances of victory to be very slim. However, Altmaier has always played very strongly against the top favorites in the past and he is in good form.
Against this backdrop, we see sufficient value in the Daniel Altmaier vs. Jannik Sinner betting odds for at least a tiebreak. Even if the pro from Kempen is certainly not capable of causing a major upset, we believe that the 27-year-old is capable of putting up a fight against Sinner at times.
A close set that is only decided in a tiebreak therefore seems likely. This was already the case in their last meeting, when three of the five sets at the 2023 French Open went to a tiebreak!
