Marton Fucsovics vs Rafael Nadal Prediction & Picks - Olympic Tournament

Prediction published on 7/26/24, 11:44 AM  by Tyler Doty | Modified on 7/26/24 at 11:49 AM in Olympic Tournament Picks

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games finally opened this weekend in the French capital! In the first round, 32-year-old Hungarian Marton Fucsovics and 38-year-old Spaniard Rafael Nadal battle it out for a place in the last 16. Marton Fucsovics arrives at these Olympic Games having not won a match since May 2nd, when he reached the last 8 of the Cagliari Challenger against Zachary Svajda, ranked 115th in the world. The Hungarian has since suffered 5 consecutive defeats, having been eliminated in the first round of the French OpenMarton Fucsovics is ranked 83rd in the world. by Stefanos Tsitsipas and in the first round of the Kitzbuhel tournament by Roberto Carballes Baena earlier this week. 

For his part, Rafael Nadal, who is back on the courts this season, made it 3 wins in a row at the Madrid Masters 1000 last April, having beaten world top 10 Alex De Minaur in the second round. More recently, the Spaniard made it 4 wins in a row at the Bastad clay-court tournament last week. He eliminated Cameron Norrie, seeded 5th, as well as Mariano Navone, seeded 4th and 36th in the world, in a 3-set match in the quarter-finals. Having then beaten Duje Ajdukovic in the semi-finals, the Spaniard was a finalist against Nuno Borges. A most welcome final for the Spaniard, who proved that he's still a force to be reckoned with in men's tennis.