Arthur Rinderknech vs Flavio Cobolli Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Eastbourne International

Prediction published on 24/06/2024, 05:50  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 24/06/2024 at 06:15 in Tennis Predictions

Round one at Eastbourne sees two unseeded players face each other. Arthur Rinderknech takes on Flavio Cobolli for a place in the last 16 of this grass court tournament. Next up for the winner will be a match against either sixth seed Mariano Navone or unseeded Kei Nishikori. Rinderknech is at 68th place in the latest ranking list and five places lower in the live list. That's because the Frenchman is defending the points he earned when reaching the last eight in Mallorca in 2023. Rinderknech is playing his third grass court event of the year. In Stuttgart, he beat Alex Michelsen before losing to Jan-Lennard Struff. Last week saw him lose in the second qualifying round at Queen's Club. He's played at Wimbledon three times but is yet to win a match there.

Flavio Cobolli is a career-high 49th in the new ranking list and up a place in the live list. He's played Rinderknech once before and was beaten in straight sets. That was played last year but was on clay in Rome. Cobolli has also never won at Wimbledon but both his losses came in the qualifying rounds. The 22-year-old is also in his third grass court tournament of the year and is yet to win a match. Defeats have been inflicted by Jan-Lennard Struff and Hubert Hurkacz. He's a clay court specialist and this is only his fifth match on grass, the other four all being lost and all in straight sets. We tip Rinderknech to get the victory here and do so in straight sets.