No. 14 seed Alex de Minaur of Australia will take on Britain’s Andy Murray in the first round of the 2023 ATP Monte-Carlo Masters on Sunday, April 9. Get the predictions and odds of this Alex de Minaur v Andy Murray match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Alex de Minaur v Andy Murray Head to Head
De Minaur has won both their previous matches. This is their first meeting on clay.
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De Minaur Has Shown Fine Form on Hard Courts in 2023
Alex De Mianur will be making his first clay court appearance of the season. He was in decent touch on the surface last year, finishing with a 9-6 record, which included two semifinal appearance in Barcelona and Lyon.
The Australian is in fine form this year and brings a 13-7 record into the tournament. He won his seventh ATP title by beating Tommy Paul in the title clash in Acapulco last month.
Ranked no. 19th in the world, the 24-year-old is however currently on a two-match losing streak. he lost his second round matches in Indian Wells and Miami to Marton Fucsovics and Quentin Halys respectively. He had a first-round bye in both the tournaments.
De Mianur has played plenty of ATP 1000 tournaments but only twice has he reached the round of 16, both times in Indian Wells.
In Monte-Carlo, he has a 1-2 record, with that one win coming last year. How far can he go this year?
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Murray Lacks Practice on Clay
Andy Murray has played just three matches on clay since 2017. Two of those were last year and he won both of them at the Madrid Masters before pulling out of the tournament with an illness.
The 35-year-old Scot will be making his 10th main draw appearance in Monte-Carlo and a first since his third round exit in 2017. Murray has never gone beyond the semifinals in the tournament, having reached that far thrice in 2009, 2011 and 2016. He was also a quarterfinalist in 2012.
Murray won’t be expected to go far in the tournament as he has barely played on the surface for six years now. However, the world no. 57 will look to challenge the Aussie in the first round.
Murray, too, has been in good form on hard courts this year and brings an 8-5 record into the tournament. The 14-time Masters 1000 winner had reached his 71st final of his career in Qatar but could not add to his 46 titles going down to Daniil Medvedev in the final.
Can Murray pull off a surprise win on Sunday?
De Minaur v Murray Prediction and Tip
Murray’s lack of match practice on clay, and De Minaur’s superior record in the head to head rivalry suggest the Australian will be the favourite in this contest.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: De Minaur to win: 2/5 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
- Moderate Risk Tip: Over 22.5 games in the match: 5/6 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
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The 2023 ATP Monte-Carlo will be played from April 9 to 16. You can get all the tennis betting news with our tennis betting blog here. Also get rest of the tennis match previews here.
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