Zizou Bergs vs Grigor Dimitrov Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP French Open

Prediction published on 30/05/2024, 15:38  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 30/05/2024 at 16:01 in ATP French Open Predictions

Tenth seed Grigor Dimitrov is in the third round at Roland Garros for the eighth time in nine years. He takes on unseeded Zizou Bergs for a place in the last 16 of this outdoor clay court tournament. Round four will see the winner of this match take on either eighth seed Hubert Hurkacz or unseeded Denis Shapovalov. Dimitrov may be consistent at Roland Garros but he's only twice reached round four and never beyond that stage. He got to the fourth round last year and will fancy his chances of doing so again this year. The Bulgarian is up to ninth in the live rankings and in the same position in the Live Race. It's taken a player ranked in the top 16 to beat Dimitrov in a clay court match this year. So far in this tournament, he's beaten both Aleksandar Kovacevic and Fabian Marozsan in straight sets.

This run to the last 32 at Roland Garros has taken Zizou Bergs into the top 100 for the first time. He was 104th in the latest published list but after beating Maximilian Marterer on Thursday, he's up to 80th. The Belgian had to qualify to get into the main draw and he's in the main draw of this Grand Slam for the first time. He beat 24th seed Alejandro Tabilo in round one and that was his first ever win in the main draw of a Grand Slam. Bergs lost the first set in that match but won the next three. The same pattern was repeated when beating Marterer in round two. We tip DImitrov to end his run without dropping a set.