The Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell semi-finals take place this Saturday with Andy Murray and Dominic Thiem fighting for a place in the decisive match. Bookmakers Review breaks down the fixture below and lists the best available odds from green listed bookmakers.
Murray vs. Thiem
Despite Andy Murray’s improvements on clay in recent years, the Brit is far from an expert on this surface. Adding to this, Murray is not going through a good moment in his career due to an elbow injury. After defeating Feliciano Lopez in straight sets on his debut in Barcelona, Andy was on the brink of elimination against Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the quarter-finals. However, Murray’s experience proved to be decisive with the world no.1 securing a place in the semi-finals after three hours on court.
As we mentioned in previous analysis, Dominic Thiem is one of the best clay court players on the ATP World Tour. The high bouncing conditions on this surface bring the best out of Dominic with the Austrian winning 82.00% of his last 50 matches on clay. Taking a look now at Thiem’s campaign in Barcelona, the Austrian reaches this stage of the competition without dropping a single set.
This will be the 3rd career meeting between these two players with Thiem still looking for his first win over this opponent.
Despite Andy’s lead on the h2h, this is their first encounter on clay. In addition, Murray keeps far from his best with 36 winners and 52 unforced errors on the previous round against Ramos-Vinolas. With this in mind, Thiem is clearly the right play on this match with the Austrian available at 1/1 at Coral. On the other hand, Bet365 offers 9/10 for Murray to book a place in the Barcelona Open final.
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