Novak Djokovic vs Francisco Cerundolo Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP French Open

Prediction published on 02/06/2024, 07:00  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 02/06/2024 at 08:01 in ATP French Open Predictions

Top seed Novak Djokovic takes on the 27th seeded Francisco Cerundolo in the Roland Garros fourth round. Next up for the winner will be a quarter-final against either Casper Ruud or Taylor Fritz. If Djokovic and Ruud both make it to the quarter-finals, it'll be a repeat of last year's final that the Serb won. Djokovic will hopefully finish this match a bit earlier than his third round match against Lorenzo Musetti. It was just after half past three in the morning when he completed his fiver-set win over the Italian. That was with him winning the final set 6-0. If the defending champion can win this match, it'll mean he's in the quarter-finals here for the 15th year in a row. His form hasn't been that great in recent weeks and he's yet to reach a final this year and is in danger of losing his world number one ranking. He's currently second in the live rankings behind Jannik Sinner.

Francisco Cerundolo took three attempts to get past round one at Roland Garros. He's doing better now and this is the second successive year in which he's reached the last 16. The Argentinian is 27th in the live rankings but a shock win here can take him up to 22nd. Cerundolo has reached the last four of one clay court tournament this year and to other quarter-finals. He began this French Open campaign with straight sets wins over Yannick Hanfmann and Filip Misolic without dropping a set. In round three, he took on the 14th seed Tommy Paul and lost the first set. He won the next three for the loss of seven games. This is much tougher and we go for Djokovic to win in straight sets.