Harold Mayot vs Aleksandar Kovacevic Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Newport Open

Prediction published on 14/07/2024, 11:21  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 14/07/2024 at 12:42 in Tennis Predictions

Unseeded pair Harold Mayot and Aleksandar Kovacevic meet in the Hall of Fame Open first round. In the next round, the winner will meet either seventh seed Arthur Rinderknech or unseeded Shintaro Mochizuki for a place in the last eight.

Mayot was a career-high 108th earlier this month but is now 124th in the live rankings. In the Live ATP Race, he's in 112th position  He's playing Kovacevic for the first time in his career.

The Frenchman lost in the first qualifying round at Wimbledon this year but got to round two in 2023. That was a disappointing result after getting to the final of the Ilkley Challenger Tour event this summer.That was his second Challenger Tour final of the year, the other being on clay.

Aleksandar Kovacevic is currently 91st in the live rankings. The American did play in the main draw at Wimbledon but had a tough draw. He took on the fifth seed Daniil Medvedev and was beaten in straight sets by the eventual semi-finalist.

That was the third and final grass court match played in England and he lost all of them, winning just one set. That continued a poor run of form as he also lost the last two matches of his clay court season. He hasn't won an ATP Tour main draw match since April's Houston clay court event. We tip his lack of form to continue and go for Mayot to get the win.