French Open: Dominic Thiem vs. Marin Cilic in the "Betway Match of the Day"
Two Grand Slam winners against each other and that in the first round of a major tournament? The duel between the reigning US Open champion Dominic Thiem and Marin Cilic (second match after 11:00 a.m., here in the live ticker ) promises to be very exciting .
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last edit: Sep 28, 2020, 11:31 am
"I'm preparing for a long fight" , announced Dominic Thiem before his first round duel at the French Open against Marin Cilic. The Austrian had already made the acquaintance of the Croat almost three weeks ago, was able to prevail in four contested sets on his way to the US Open title, but was only just "missed a fifth set", as the Austrian explained.
Cilic is ranked 40 in the world. as one of the most unpleasant unset players in the entire draw, can easily be described as hammerless. But the Croatian will also be anything but satisfied with his start. On the other side of the network is Dominic Thiem, number three in the ATP charts and French Open finalist in the last and penultimate calendar year.
Not only the world rankings and personal history on the Bois de Bolougne speak for the Austrian, Thiem is also clearly in the front when it comes to head-to-head. All three previous meetings went to the man from Lichtenwörth, but they were all contested. As an advantage for Cilic it can be seen that the Croatian was able to gain match experience on clay, which Thiem was denied due to the short break after the US Open.
Cilic with more match practice on sand
Marin Cilic started at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Rome and made it to the round of 16 there. On the way there, the world number 40. surprisingly got David Goffin out of the way. Thiem, on the other hand, returned to training two weeks ago after a five-day break on Saturday.
Missing match practice or not, the bookmakers at the sports betting provider "Betway" see Thiem as the clear favorite. The rate of success for the Austrian is 1.10. If Cilic won, there would be a sevenfold stake to celebrate!
Here you can find the odds of all matches of the French Open for today at Betway.