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Carlos Alcaraz vs Botic Van De Zandschulp Tips, Prediction & Live Stream - Dutchman can cover vs top seed in Rotterdam

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Andrew Hendrie 03 Feb 2025
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  • Carlos Alcaraz vs Botic Van De Zandschulp predictions for Tuesday's ATP Rotterdam R1 match
  • Van De Zandschulp won their most-recent clash at the 2024 US Open
  • Alcaraz making Rotterdam debut and yet to make a tour-level final indoors
  • The match is scheduled to start around 5.30am AEDT on Wednesday February 5
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Carlos Alcaraz vs Botic Van De Zandschulp Tips, Prediction & Live Stream


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Top seed Carlos Alcaraz has a potentially tricky opening round matchup on his hands in Rotterdam when he squares off against home hope Botic Van De Zandschulp on Tuesday night.

  • Carlos Alcaraz vs Botic Van De Zandschulp Tips, Prediction & Live Stream
  • Head To Head
  • Carlos Alcaraz Form
  • Botic Van De Zandschulp Form
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Alcaraz is making his tournament debut in Rotterdam and the Spaniard has yet to fully flourish indoors - in fact, he's yet to make a tour-level final in these conditions, let alone win a title. Alcaraz is also coming off a disappointing Australian Open campaign, where he lost in the quarter-finals to Novak Djokovic, who was playing with a torn hamstring that forced his withdrawal in the next match. Van De Zandschulp will also be confident having pulled off the biggest win of his career over Alcaraz at the US Open last year. All things considered, Alcaraz should be able to dig this one out, but the Dutchman can cover a 5.5 games line in defeat.

Head To Head


Alcaraz leads 2-1, but as mentioned, Van De Zandschulp made headlines with his 6-1 7-5 6-4 demolition of the Spaniard at the 2024 US Open in their most-recent encounter.

Carlos Alcaraz Form


It's not been an ideal start to the season for Alcaraz, who himself said he harbours ambitions of chasing down Jannik Sinner at the top of the rankings and improving his hardcourt game.

The 21-year-old battled his way through to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open without playing a lead-in tournament and was upstaged by Novak Djokovic, who was essentially playing on one leg.

It's not the first time we've seen Alcaraz struggle with his concentration in big matches on hardcourt and he seemed at a loss with how to deal with the situation.

Alcaraz wasn't great indoors to end the 2024 season, losing his second match at the Paris Masters and crashing out in the ATP Finals group stage following straight set defeats to Casper Ruud and Alexander Zverev.

Botic Van De Zandschulp Form


It's been a disappointing start to the season for Van De Zandschulp, with the Dutchman registering a 0-3 record, losing in the opening round of Auckland qualifying and the first rounds of the Australian Open and Montpellier.

Van De Zandschulp did have a tough opening round draw in Melbourne against top 10 player and home hope Alex de Minaur, but he was poor in his defeat to Tallon Griekspoor in Montpellier last week.

The Dutchman has also copped rough draws in Rotterdam over the last couple of years, running into Daniil Medvedev in 2023 and Jannik Sinner in 2024 - and now he gets Alcaraz in R1 for 2025.

Live Stream


Watch and bet on Carlos Alcaraz vs Botic Van De Zandschulp live Rotterdam tennis.

You can watch and bet on the match live at bet365 > Tennis > ATP Rotterdam with the action available to stream on desktop and mobile.

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Verdict

Alcaraz hasn't been great to launch 2025, but Van De Zandschulp is 0-3, so the Spaniard really should be avenging his US Open defeat here.

Still, it's Alcaraz's first ever match in Rotterdam and he's not at his best indoors. I'm backing the Spaniard to prevail with Over 18.5 total games, while the Dutchman is a good chance to cover a +5.5 games line.

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