Matteo Berrettini vs. Andy Murray: Preview and betting tips

Matteo Berrettini and Andy Murray will provide one of the biggest draws of the first round of the Australian Open. They will play their match on Tuesday morning at the famous Rod Laver Arena. What to expect from this matchup and what to bet on?

A former world number six against a former world number one. Now a world No. 14 against a world No. 16. In other words, Matteo Berrettini and Andy Murray. Probably the biggest draw of the entire first round of the Australian Open.

Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne has a lot to look forward to on Tuesday. Berrettini has the ambition and the quality to match the best players in the world. He proved it during the United Cup, where he beat the likes of Casper Ruud and Hubert Hurkacz.

He won a set against Stefanos Tsitsipas and in his last match he lost to Taylor Fritz. However, he has certainly boosted his confidence and proved to himself that he can go far at the Australian Open.

But he will have an inscrutable obstacle in his way. While Murray’s best years are behind him and his results have been a rollercoaster, he certainly can’t be written off.

After all, last year he took on the likes of Stan Wawrinka, Nick Kyrgios, the aforementioned Tsitsipas and Dominic Thiem.

That you don’t get a win over him for free, Berrettini himself could see that twice last year. They met in Stuttgart in the middle of the year and in September at the US Open. The Italian won both fights, but the Scotsman “bit” in both.

The match on German soil was then dominated by the native of Rome 2: 1 in sets, played over 2 and a half hours. And the duel at the US Open? That was an hour and a quarter longer, yet Murray fell in a four-set battle 1:3.

Quite attractive are the odds on how many games the Glasgow native will play in the first set. The odds of 1.73 on him not winning 5 are impossible to refuse.

Source: Australian Open, ATP