Tennis
2026-03-22 - Arthur Fils vs Stefanos Tsitsipas
A Sports Betting Pick by FirstDown
Tennis : ATP 1000 Miami Third Round
Sunday 22nd March 2026 - Scheduled 11am
3pm (British Time)
Preview
These two players have met four times on the Tour and it is Arthur Fils who has managed to work his way past Stefanos Tsitsipas each time- one of those wins was when the latter had to retire very early in the match, but the other three victories have been completed with a Match Point converted and that will give Fils plenty of confidence.
The first two wins were secured on the hard courts, although the last of those matches was at the back end of the 2024 season.
However, it was a time when Stefanos Tsitsipas was the higher Ranked player and at a time when Arthur Fils was still building his way up the World Rankings.
The last twelve months have been very difficult for Stefanos Tsitsipas and he entered the Miami Masters the World Number 51 and had lost three matches in a row. He has won consecutive matches in this tournament, which is only the second time Tsitsipas has managed that in a main Tour event in 2026, while he should take confidence from the Second Round victory over Alex De Minaur.
That has been a match up that has been heavily in Stefanos Tsitsipas' favour and so there is a different mental challenge ahead of this Third Round match.
Arthur Fils has been in fine form since returning from an injury that forced him to miss the Australian Open.
The Frenchman has reached the Final in Doha and the Quarter Final last week in Indian Wells and Arthur Fils will be looking for a confidence boosting run ahead of the clay court season when there is pressure on his shoulders as the leading home player going into the French Open. With that said, it is important to make sure he is pushing into the Seeding positions for the second Grand Slam of the season and a couple more wins in Miami will build up some momentum to push deeper into the top 32.
Out of the two players, Arthur Fils does have a considerable edge on the return of serve and that could be the difference maker on the day.
That was the case in the two hard court wins the 21 year old has had over Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2024 and the confidence of the younger player is at a pretty good level.
Stefanos Tsitsipas is more than capable of producing some very good tennis on this surface, but Arthur Fils may just edge him out.
Prediction
Lay the games with the higher Ranked player in this Third Round match.
The Pick :
Arthur Fils 2-0 Stefanos Tsitsipas
