Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs Casper Ruud Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP French Open

Prediction published on 31/05/2024, 09:18  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 31/05/2024 at 10:00 in ATP French Open Predictions

Casper Ruud continues his bid to win back-to-back clay court tournaments. He is the seventh seed at Roland Garros and in round three, he takes on the 28th seeded Tomas Martin Etcheverry. Up next for whoever wins this match is either 12th seed Taylor Fritz or unseeded Thanasi Kokkinakis. Ruud had the perfect build-up to this Grand Slam when winning the Geneva Open last week. He has an excellent record at Roland Garros having reached the final in each of the past two years. He's down four places to 11th in the live rankings due to all the ranking points he's defending. In the Live ATP Race based on points earned this year, he's in fourth position. Ruud reached the final in Monte Carlo and also won the Barcelona Open. In this year's French Open, he's beaten qualifier Felipe Melegini Alves in straight sets but then had to go to a final set to beat Alejandro Davidovich-Fokina. Ruud leads Etcheverry 2-0 in previous matches with one being on clay. That was won by Ruud in this year's Barcelona Open semi-final.

Tomas Martin Etcheverry made it all the way to the last eight at Roland Garros in 2023. The Argentinian is 31st in the live rankings and 25th in the Live ATP Race. Etcheverry has played plenty of clay court tournaments this year and got to two quarter-finals on the South American tour. His consistent season has also seen him reach the last four in the US clay court championships and Barcelona Open. His best performance came last week when being the runner-up in Lyon. His good form has continued here with wins over two Frenchmen called Arthur. He beat Cazaux and Rinderknech, both in four sets and after losing the first one. We go for over 3.5 sets to be played in this match.