Daniil Medvedev and Rinky Hijikata will square off in the 1^st round of the Olympics for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 6:00 pm on Court Suzanne Lenglen. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniil Medvedev who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Daniil Medvedev is the pick to win this match.
Daniil Medvedev -> 1.051
Rinky Hijikata -> 9.9

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Prediction and head to head Daniil Medvedev vs. Rinky Hijikata

This will be the 2^nd time that Daniil Medvedev and Rinky Hijikata square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Medvedev won 6-4 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Los cabos back in 2022.

Daniil Medvedev

Ranked no. 5, the Russian will start his run in Olympics after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 6-7(1) 6-3 6-4 6-4 to Alcaraz in the semifinal on the 12^th of July.

Daniil has an overall 33-10 win-loss record in 2024, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Daniil’s best result of the current year was reaching the final at the Australian Open and Indian Wells.

Talking about his overall career, Daniil has an overall 523-208 record. He has a positive 86-47 record on clay.

Previously in Olympics

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.

Rinky Hijikata

Ranked no. 76, Rinky will start his run in Paris after he played his last match in Newport where he lost 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2 to Mcdonald in the 1^st round on the 16^th of July.

Hijikata has an overall 16-23 win-loss record in 2024, 1-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, The Australian has an overall 181-121 record. He has a negative 20-22 record on clay.

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