The fourth seed Austrian Dominic Thiem will take on the 11th seed Matteo Berrettini of Italy in the quarter-finals at the Shanghai Masters on Friday, October 11. The match will begin at around 8.00 pm local time (1.00 pm am BST). You can find the Dominic Thiem v Matteo Berrettini live streaming options along with its preview, head to head and tips here.
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Dominic Thiem v Matteo Berrettini Head to Head
The pair have only met once before on the tour. Thiem prevailed in four sets at the French Open 2018.
Dominic Thiem: Austrian on a Seven-Match Winning Streak
After confirming his ATP World Tour Finals qualification with the title at China Open last week, Thiem has been in impressive form this week, winning both his matches in straight sets.
The 26 years old Austrian has worked a lot on his mental toughness this year. The ability to play the big matches better has been visible in his record this year. In 2017 & 2018, Thiem reached a total of 12 semi-finals and went on to win only four of them. This year he has already won four tournaments on seven occasions where he has reached the last four.
His round of 16 victories against Basilavshvili was his 40th this season, a fourth straight year where he has achieved this feat.
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Berrettini’s Impressive Year Continues with Another Victory
23-year-old Italian, Berrettini has had a breakout season this year. Apart from winning two ATP titles and one challenger titles, he also becomes the first player from his country to reach the semi-finals at the US Open since 1978. He lost to eventual champion Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals.
He suffered a minor blip in form after his US Open, where he crashed out in early rounds at Saint Petersburg & Beijing. But he seems to have put it past him with three convincing straight-sets victories this week.
At the start of the week, he was 13th in the race to qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals. In the previous round, he beat Roberto Bautista Agut, who is currently number 10 in the world as well as seventh in the race to London.
Dominic Thiem v Matteo Berrettini Predictions & Tips
Both the players will fancy their chances going into the match. Berrettini seems to have found his mojo back after a minor blip. Whereas Thiem goes into the match on a seven-match winning streak. Both the players like to play aggressively from the baseline, and a single break of service can prove to be decisive in each set.
Thiem will have the advantage here as he has a 65% first serve percentage ranking him in the top 10 this year in the category. Berrettini, on the other hand, is at number 42 with 60%.
Tip: Thiem to win in three sets: 3/1 with 888Sport
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