Tennis tips today – Matches today from 16.04.
Day of the comeback! Rafael Nadal serves again on Tuesday. It is the start of what could be his last clay court season. A lot depends on his performance and fitness this year.
Originally, the 22-time Grand Slam winner wanted to play in Indian Wells and had even hoped to play at the Australian Open. But after the tournament in Brisbane, the first since Melbourne 2023, the clay court king took another break
The tennis world is eagerly awaiting his first match at the 500 tournament in Barcelona. He didn’t even need a wildcard. After all, he is making use of the protected ranking rule. In the first round, he has definitely been drawn a doable task with Flavio Cobolli.
The bookmakers believe the 37-year-old has a lot to play for in Barcelona despite his meagre three tour matches since January 2023. Alongside Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud, Nadal is one of the top favorites in the Interwetten app. But I won’t just be looking at the Spaniard’s game in today’s tennis tips
Tennis tips today – 16.04.2024
A top 10 player in Andrey Rublev will be on the court on Tuesday, Rublev wants to improve after his early exit in Monaco. The Muscovite has dropped down the world rankings. He has lost a few points due to his failure to defend his title in the Principality.
German tennis fans will also be focusing on the matches at the 250 in Munich; incidentally, the tournament in the Bavarian capital will be upgraded to the 500 category in 2025. This means that the field is likely to feature even more world stars in the future.
Four German tennis aces are on court today. The match between Dominik Koepfer and Christian Garin should be particularly interesting. I will open the Tennis Betting of the Day overview with this match, followed by Felix Auger-Aliassime and Maximilian Marterer.
By contrast, Dominic Thiem has surprisingly already been eliminated, the next punch in the gut for the 2020 US Open champion. He actually had a doable task with Alejandro Moro Canas, the 240th player in the world. In the end, the 30-year-old again made too many mistakes
Tennis tips for today’s broadcast: Where are the matches on 16.04.?
The most interesting matches from the BMW Open and Barcelona will be broadcast on Sky Sport Tennis on Tuesday. You can also use the Sky Q remote control to select the tournament of your choice. If you don’t have a subscription to the pay-TV channel, you can watch all the matches live on stream at Bet365 with topped-up betting credit.
Tennis tips today 16.04.: Garin – Koepfer (11:00 am)
Koepfer is playing one of his best years of tennis in 2024, breaking into the top 50 in March and achieving his record ranking of 49th. However, his start on clay went down the drain. In both Estoril and Monaco, he had to retire after round one. Garin is anything but a pleasant opponent on the red clay.
The Chilean has already won the tournament and should have fewer problems in the slower, wet and cold conditions than Koepfer, who is known for winning points quickly. Garin also made a positive clay court debut. Due to the slow conditions, I expect many breaks and no tiebreak.
Our expert tip: No tiebreak
Tennis betting today 16.04.: Auger-Aliassime – Marterer (12:30 pm)
The dominant 6-2/6-3 win over Luca Nardi gave Auger-Aliassime a boost in Monaco. But just two days later, there was another setback. Lorenzo Sonego came out on top against FAA. In seven of the last eight tournaments, the Canadian has at least never lost his opening match.
For Marterer, the tournament is half a home match. As a native of Nuremberg, the 28-year-old knows the course well, but he only had a lot of fun there in 2018, when he reached the semi-finals. Otherwise, he has always finished after just one match in the singles. At Betano, you’ll receive strong 1.53 odds for a tie-break not to happen and a €20 free bet if you have successfully verified your account.
Our expert tip: No tiebreak
Tennis bets today 16.04.: Nakashima – Rublev (14:00)
The players will not have picturesque conditions in Barcelona on Tuesday either. 16 degrees Celsius and a high chance of rain are in the forecast. Either way, I think Rublev is clearly ahead against Brandon Nakashima.
The American is particularly good on hard courts, but only has a meagre 49 percent win rate on clay. He was still able to overcome the weakening Daniel Evans, but now he faces the number eight in the world, who will start the tournament with a lot of anger in his stomach after the disappointment in Monaco. Hertha BSC’s sports betting partner Crazybuzzer has the perfect odds for the match.
Our expert tip: 2:0 for Rublev
Tennis bets today 16.04.: Cobolli – Nadal (16:00)
Nadal’s match will definitely make the headlines on Thursday. It is the first match since the beginning of January for the record French Open winner. His opponent Cobolli got off to a strong start in 2024, reaching round three of the Australian Open.
However, the Italian cannot take much courage from his recent results, with five defeats from his last seven matches. In Marrakesh, he lost in round two against Pavel Kotov and in Monaco he was already beaten in qualifying. The transition to clay may have gone badly wrong, but Nadal also has to find his rhythm first. The clash of the generations is unlikely to be a quick affair.
Our expert tip: Over 19.5 games
