Madrid Open 2023: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Sebastian Baez Tennis Pick and Prediction

TennisSection previews the 2023 Madrid Open third-round match featuring Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Sebastian Baez on Monday, May 1, 2023.

Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Sebastian Baez Prediction

Will Stefanos Tsitsipas get the win? Will Sebastian Baez pull off the upset? This will be an interesting one, where we have one of the best clay courters in the world taking on a very tough clay courter in his own right. Who will triumph and move through to the quarterfinals at the 2023 Madrid Open?

Stefanos Tsitsipas played an epic with Dominic Thiem, coming through in a deciding set tiebreaker and returning to the Round of 16 at the 2023 Madrid Open. As he takes on Sebastian Baez, he’ll know he has another tough task ahead of him but he still comes in the heavy favorite here. Baez loves the clay but with the way Tsitsipas was serving in his opener, making 39 first serves in a row, I expect the Greek to move through to the quarterfinals.

Sebastian Baez needed 3 sets to take down Marcos Giron and set up a meeting with the 3rd seed in Stefanos Tsitsipas. Tsitsipas has not been the same since making the final of the Australian Open, but he’s looked to have recovered from his shoulder injury and is now building his form. Baez will have to play at his very best if he wants to push this one the distance here at the 2023 Madrid Open.

Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Sebastian Baez Prediction and Pick

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Sebastian Baez have met once before, with Stefanos Tsitsipas leading the head to head 1-0. The pair played an exciting match at the 2022 Australian Open with Tsitsipas getting by in four tight sets. I don’t expect it to be that close this time, especially as I feel this is a particularly poor matchup for Baez with the way Tsitsipas can dictate with his forehand. Let’s see if the 3rd seed can find his way back into the last eight of the 2023 Madrid Open.