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Nitto ATP Finals predictions: Federer, Tsitsipas, Zverev and Thiem to play on Saturday

LONDON ORDER OF PLAY. Roger Federer, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev and Dominic Thiem will play on Saturday

16 November 2019

ORDER OF PLAY. Roger Federer, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev and Dominic Thiem are the semifinalists that will compete on Saturday at the Nitto ATP Finals. All of them were part of the team that won the Laver Cup back in September.

Roger Federer vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas

Head to head 2-1 for Federer

Roger Federer will compete against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semifinal for the 4^th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2 pm on the Arena.

Roger Federer: ranking and results

Ranked no. 3, Federer got to the semifinal after beating Matteo Berrettini 7-6² 6-3 and Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-3.

Roger has a 51-9 win-loss record in 2019, 6-1 on I.hard (See FULL STATS). His best result of the season was conquering the title in Dubai where he overcame Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-4 6-4 and in Miami where he overcame John Isner in the final 6-1 6-4 and in Halle where he defeated David Goffin in the final 7-6(2) 6-1 and in Basel where he beat Alex De Minaur in the final 6-2 6-2.

Last year in London Federer lost in the semifinal 7-5 7-6⁵ to Alexander Zverev.

Stefanos Tsitsipas: ranking and results

Ranked no. 6, Stefanos got to the semifinal after beating Daniil Medvedev 7-6⁵ 6-4 and Alexander Zverev 6-3 6-2.

Stefanos has a 51-25 win-loss record in 2019, 12-5 on I.hard (See FULL STATS). His best result of the current season was winning the title in Marseille where he defeated Mikhail Kukushkin in the final 7-5 7-6(5) and in Estoril where he defeated Pablo Cuevas in the final 6-3 7-6(4).

Head to head analysis

This will be the 4^th time that Roger Federer and Stefanos Tsitsipas play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Federer (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.

The last time that they played each other, Federer won 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Basel back in October 2019.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roger Federer who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Roger Federer is the pick to win this match.
Roger Federer -> 1.30
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 3.50

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Alexander Zverev vs. Dominic Thiem

Head to head 5-2 for Thiem

Alexander Zverev will play Dominic Thiem in the semifinal for the 8^th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 8 pm on the Arena.

Alexander Zverev: ranking and results

Ranked no. 7, Alexander reached the semifinal after defeating Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-4 and Daniil Medvedev 6-4 7-6⁴.

Alexander has a 41-23 win-loss record in 2019, 3-3 on I.hard (See FULL STATS). His best result of the year was managing to win the title in Geneva where he beat Nicolas Jarry in the final 6-3 3-6 7-6(8).

Last year in London Zverev won the title last year in London-Finals after downing Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-3.

Dominic Thiem: ranking and results

Ranked no. 5, Thiem got to the semifinal after defeating Roger Federer 7-5 7-5 and Novak Djokovic 6-7⁵ 6-3 7-6⁵.

The Austrian has a 46-16 win-loss record in 2019, 8-2 on I.hard (See FULL STATS). His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Indian Wells where he defeated Roger Federer in the final 3-6 6-3 7-5 and in Barcelona where he defeated Daniil Medvedev in the final 6-4 6-0 and in Kitzbuhel where he overcame Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the final 7-6(0) 6-1 and in Beijing where he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 3-6 6-4 6-1 and in Vienna where he defeated Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the final 3-6 6-4 6-3.

Head to head analysis

This will be the 8^th time that Alexander Zverev and Dominic Thiem play each other. The head to head is 5-2 for Thiem (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on I.hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Thiem won 6-4 6-2 6-1 in the quarter in Paris back in 2018.