Alexandre Muller vs Alexander Zverev Prediction & Picks - ATP US Open

Prediction published on 8/28/24, 4:03 AM  by Tyler Doty | Modified on 8/28/24 at 4:12 AM in ATP US Open Picks

Frenchman Alexandre Muller has a tough task ahead of him in the 2nd round, when he takes on one of the tournament's favorites, Germany's Alexander Zverev.

Alexandre Muller has reached the first round of the US Open for the first time in his career, at the age of 27! The Frenchman had to battle hard to dominate Australian Adam Walton in 4 sets after dropping the first set, showing his variation in the game as the match progressed. It was a fine victory for the 77th-ranked player in the world, who had already suffered premature defeats at his last tournaments in Cary and Winston-Salem. This first-round victory at Flushing Meadows gives him the right to take on one of the best players on the planet on Wednesday evening in the second round, Alexander Zverev.

A finalist in 2020 and semi-finalist in 2021, the German has often shown himself to be at his best in New York, but has yet to win the trophy. The tennis player from the other side of the Rhine reassured himself before arriving in the Big Apple with a semi-final in Cincinnati last week. A little on the back foot since his defeat in the final at the French Open in early June, Alexander Zverev is nonetheless a player capable of going very far in a Grand Slam tournament, and it is perhaps by being a little less expected that he will be more dangerous.