Felix Auger Aliassime vs Alex De Minaur Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Italian Open

Prediction published on 12/05/2024, 04:33  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 12/05/2024 at 05:33 in ATP Italian Open Predictions

This could well be one of the matches of the Italian Open third round. Ninth seed Alex de Minaur takes on the resurgent 18th seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime. This is an outdoor clay court Masters tournament so lots of ranking points on the line. The winner of this match will face either sixth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas or 27th seeded Cameron Norrie in the last 16. De Minaur has had a good year to date and is eighth in the Live ATP Race. In the overall rankings, the Australian is in 11th place. His best surfaces are grass and hard courts but he has had some success on clay this year. The quarter-finals were reached in Monte Carlo and he's had two matches against Rafael Nadal, winning one and losing the most recent. In this tournament, he beat unseeded Roberto Carballes Baena in straight sets in round two. De Minaur has lost his two previous matches against Auger-Aliassime, though they were played on hard courts.

Felix Auger-Aliassime had slipped out of the top 32 but he's back up to 20th in the live rankings. The Canadian has shown much improved form on clay in recent weeks. He got to the last eight in Munich and then lost to Andrey Rublev in last week's final in Madrid. Auger-Aliassime is up to 16th in the ATP Live Race and will prove a formidable opponent for his Australian opponent. Round two in Rome saw him beat Botic van de Zandschulp in straight sets to make it nine wins in his last 11 matches. His best run in Rome was in 2022 when reaching the last eight. We tip him to get the win in this match.