Francisco Cerundolo vs Tommy Paul Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP French Open

Prediction published on 31/05/2024, 05:19  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 31/05/2024 at 05:42 in ATP French Open Predictions

A tight match is expected in the Roland Garros third round between these two seeded players. Tommy Paul is the 14th seed with Francisco Cerundolo nine places below him. The victor will take on either 30th seeded Lorenzo Musetti or the top seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic. Paul is up a place to 13th in the live rankings and that's just one below the career-high he achieved last October. He's in the same position in the Live Race. The American is in the third round at Roland Garros for the first time in his career. He's had wins over Pedro Cachin and Fabio Fognini to reach the last 32. Both were won in straight sets with only nine games lost but those opponents were unseeded. Paul is in good form though and reached the last four in Rome recently with wins over Hubert Hurkacz and Daniil Medvedev.

Francisco Cerundolo leads Tommy Paul 3-2 in previous meetings. He won their most recent match which was in this year's Madrid Masters clay court tournament but it needed three sets to get the win. That's their only match played on clay but both players have won a set in each of their five matches. Cerundolo is 27th in the latest rankings but was as high as 19th last year. The Argentinian is 28th in the live list and also holds that position in the Live Race after Thursday's matches. Cerundolo didn't win a match in his first two visits to Roland Garros. However, last year he made it to the fourth round, his best Grand Slam performance. He's reached one clay court semi-final and two quarter-finals this year. He's also won both of his matches so far in straight sets We go for the in-form Paul to win.