It will be a showdown between the top two seeds when Novak Djokovic and Lorenzo Musetti collide in the Athens Championship Match on Saturday. Cameron Norrie and Fundi Tien will fight for the Metz title.
Hellenic Championship: (1) Novak Djokovic vs. (2) Lorenzo Musetti
Nothing but DJokovic stands in Mumetti’s way for the Athens title – and a place at the Nitto ATP Finals. That’s at stake for the 23-year-old Italian on Saturday. If he lifts the medal of Athens, he also entered the eighth and last family in the last half of the year. If Mumetti loses, his legitimate hopes are gone and it is Felix auger-aliassesme who play in Turin.
World No. 9 is nearing the end of this week. He was two points from winning 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-5 to win the round of Stan wawrinka and was another point from losing to Sebastian Korda and won 6-0, 5-7, 7-5. Djokovic does not tolerate such obstacles in his approach to the truth. The 38-year-old Serb tended to Alejandro Tabilo, Nuno Borges, and Yannick Hanfmann all set straight. It has been a physical and mental struggle for Mumetti so far in Athens, and he trails the head-to-head series against Djolovic by an 8-1 margin.
Pick: Djokovic in 3
Moselle Open: (7) Cameron Norrie Vs. Student Tien
Norrie and Tien will meet for the fourth time in their careers and fourth this season when they meet again in Metz on Sunday. Tien leads the head-to-head series 2-1, where he has already won twice in the Acapulco ATP 500 (7-6 (5), 6-3) and Shanghai Masters (7-6 (4), 6-3). Norrie’s Lone Victory came at the Hong Kong Championship back in January (6-3, 7-5).
The latest chapter of this ongoing rivalry should set Tien up nicely, because his opponent has been living on thin ice with Metz. All four of Norrie’s matches have gone to three sets, and he’s also sitting down in back-to-back matches against Arthur Cazaux, Kyrian Sacquet, and Lorenzo Sonege. Tien, on the other hand, punched his ticket to the title match with ease. The 19-year-old dropped just one set while defeating Ugo Blanchet, Moez EChargui, Matteo Berrettini, and Vitality Sachko. Count Tien to make it three rights against Norrie.
Choose: ten in 3
