Casper Ruud vs Alexander Zverev Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP French Open

Prediction published on 05/06/2024, 18:03  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 05/06/2024 at 18:36 in ATP French Open Predictions

Alexander Zverev will be hoping it's fourth time lucky in the Roland Garros semi-finals. The German will on Friday play in his fourth successive semi-final in the French Open. He's yet to reach a final, unlike his opponent Casper Ruud who is hoping to reach his third final in a row in this Grand Slam. Zverev is the fourth seed for this outdoor clay court tournament but down to fifth in the live rankings. If he can beat Ruud on Friday, he'll return to fourth spot. He's second in the ATP Live Race with only Jannik Sinner ahead of him. This is a repeat of last year's Roland Garros semi-final and that was won by Ruud in straight sets, losing only seven games and all in the first two sets.  That's the only match they've played on clay. They are 2-2 in previous meetings that made it to court and Ruud has won the last two. Zverev has had three straight sets wins so far in this tournament, including his quarter-final against Alex de Minaur. The other two matches both went to a final set decider.

Casper Ruud has had some rest after his scheduled quarter-final against Novak Djokovic didn't take place. The defending champion withdrew due to the injury he picked up in the last 16. Ruud now has a chance to make it three successive finals at Roland Garros. A win over Zverev will take him into his fourth clay court final of the year and he's already won two titles. Ruud is seventh in the live rankings and third in the ATP Race. Three sets have been dropped by him so far in this tournament. Two of those were when having to go to a final set to get past Alejandro Davidovich-Fokina in the second round. His last match on court was on Monday when beating Taylor Fritz in four sets. We go for over 3.5 sets to be played.