Nuno Borges vs Tomas Machac Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP French Open

Prediction published on 26/05/2024, 14:32  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 26/05/2024 at 15:32 in ATP French Open Predictions

Both Nuno Borges and Tomas Machac are unseeded at Roland Garros. However, Machac comes into this clay court tournament fresh from a great week in Geneva. He reached the final of that clay court event and beat Novak Djokovic on his way to the final where he lost in three sets to Casper Ruud. The 23-year-old is up to 34th in the live rankings and now bids to reach the second round at Roland Garros for the first time in his career. He's only made one previous appearance in the main draw of the French Open. That was in 2020 and in 2021 and 2023 he was beaten in the first qualifying round. The winner of this match faces either the 31st seed Mariano Navone or unseeded Pablo Carreno Busta.

Nuno Borges is 47th in the live rankings and is attempting to equal his best performance at Roland Garros. That was reaching the second round last year. He has had some good results on clay this year wtih quarter-finals reached in both Estoril and a Challenger Tour event held in Cagliari. His best run in a Masters tournament was getting to the last 16 in Rome where he beat Alexander Bublk before losing to Alexander Zverev. Machac will have had time to recover from his exploits in Geneva and can get the win in this match.