Alex De Minaur vs Jan-Lennard Struff Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP French Open

Prediction published on 31/05/2024, 03:45  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 01/06/2024 at 13:00 in ATP French Open Predictions

One of the best matches of the third round sees 11th seed Alex de Minaur take on unseeded Jan-Lennard Struff. The winner progresses into round four at Roland Garros and will be up against either fifth seed Daniil Medvedev or unseeded Tomas Machac. Alex de Minaur is up to a career-high eighth in the live rankings and he's also in that position in the Live Race. The Australian is best known for his performances on hard courts and grass but has had some good results on clay this year. He got to the last eight in Monte Carlo and two other last 16 appearances including most recently, the Italian Open. This is the first time he's made it past the second round at Roland Garros and has had wins over Alex Michelsen (losing only three games) and Jaume Munar, again in straight sets. Both opponents were unseeded as is Struff but this is a far tougher task for de Minaur. He leads Struff 3-2 in previous matches but his opponent won their only match played on clay.

Jan-Lennard Struff was ranked 41st at the start of this tournament but has been higher for most of the year. Only when losing ranking points from last year when reaching the final in the Madrid clay court tournament. The German is up to 34th in the live rankings and 27th in the Live Race. Struff has so far beaten qualifier Roman Andres Burruchaga and the 19th seeded Alexander Bublik and is yet to lose a set.  Not just that he's only lost 13 games in those two matches. Struff has won one clay court tournament this year and a win here will take him into the fourth round at Roland Garros for the third time. We tip him to beat de Minaur on Saturday.