Francisco Cerundolo vs Roman Safiullin Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Belgrade Open

Prediction published on 05/11/2024, 08:40  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 06/11/2024 at 03:05 in Tennis Predictions

Francisco Cerundolo is the third seed in the hard court Belgrade Open. He's the highest seed in the tournament after both Alex de Minaur and Tommy Paul withdrew. In the second round, he faces Roman Safiullin. Here's our match prediction.

Roman Safiullin is up to 58th in the live rankings after his first round victory. The Russian beat Fabio Fognini in straight sets with both of them won by a 6-3 scoreline. He's in good form at present and last week won the Bratislava Challenger tournament without dropping a set.

The 27-year-old also recently made it to the last 16 of the Shanghai Masters and had wins over two top 30 ranked players in that tournament. He's had one previous match against Cerundolo, beating him in five sets at this year's Wimbledon Championships.

Francisco Cerundolo is 29th in the live rankings but owes that high ranking to his form on clay. In hard court tournaments this year, the Argentinian has lost 14 of his 26 matches. Last week saw him reach the third round in Paris and he did get a win over Andrey Rublev.

Three of his last five matches have been lost, two of them inflicted by Stefanos Tsitsipas. We go for Roman Safiulllin to win this match.