Novak Djokovic and Diego Sebastian Schwartzman will face off in the semifinal of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 3rd time of their career on Saturday at 8 pm.
Novak Djokovic
Currently world no. 1 Djokovic got to the semifinal after beating Denis Shapovalov 6-1 6-3, Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 6-0 and Juan Martin Del Potro 4-6 7-66 6-4. Nole defeated the Argentine after a fantastic match when he saved 2 match points.
Djokovic won the title in Madrid last week where he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-3 6-4.
The Serbian has a 22-4 win-loss record in 2019, 9-1 on clay.
Last year result
The Serbian lost in the Semifinal 7-64 6-3 to Rafael Nadal.
Diego Sebastian Schwartzman
Ranked no. 24 the Argentine reaches the semifinal after defeating Yoshihito Nishioka 6-1 6-4, Albert Ramos-Vinolas 7-65 6-1, Matteo Berrettini 6-3 6-4 and Kei Nishikori 6-4 6-2.
Schwartzman’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Buenos-Aires.
Diego has a 20-12 win-loss record in 2019, 14-7 on clay.
Last year result
The Argentine lost in the 2nd round 2-6 6-4 6-2 to Benoit Paire.
HEAD TO HEAD and prediction Novak Djokovic vs. Diego Sebastian Schwartzman
This will be the 3rd time that Novak Djokovic and Diego Sebastian Schwartzman play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Djokovic won 5-7 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-1 in the 3rd round in Roland Garros back in 2017.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Novak Djokovic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.12
Diego Sebastian Schwartzman -> 6.00
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