Things are about to get a lot tougher for some seeded players at Roland Garros 2024 with the final matches of the men’s and women’s third round taking place on Saturday.
Novak Djokovic faces a real test of his clay-court credentials while Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka could drop a set in her clash with WTA Tour friend Paula Badosa.
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Tennis tips at Roland Garros
- Lorenzo Musetti +6.5 against Novak Djokovic @ 10/11
- Alexander Zverev beats Tallon Griekspoor 3-0 @ 20/21
- Jan-Lennard Struff beats Alex De Minaur at 1/1
- Aryna Sabalenka will beat Paula Badosa 2-1 @ 13/5
- The accumulator pays 20/1 if successful.
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Musetti can make Djoker’s day miserable
It’s fair to say that Novak Djokovic’s 2024 is not going as well as he would have hoped.
He suffered his first defeat at the Australian Open since 2018, was knocked out by world number 123 in Miami and was hit by a water bottle thrown by the crowd in Rome, causing him to fall into a spin when it crashed. the next round to Alejandro Tabilo.
His progress at Roland Garros has been straightforward so far, but he won’t relish the prospect of facing dangerous Italian clay-court player Lorenzo Musetti on Saturday.
The No. 30 seed eliminated crowd favorite Gaël Monfils in straight sets on Thursday and did so with a touch of panache.
His confidence is rising and with a clay court victory over Djokovic last year to further encourage him, he is capable of taking a set or two off the world number one.
Musetti served well in Paris and could even stay within the +6.5 playing handicap even if he loses in straight sets.
Zverev won’t hang around against Griekspoor
Zverev made quick work of his first two opponents and both had a bigger reputation than his third round opponent Griekspoor.
The German looked like a genuine title contender during his straight-sets wins over Rafael Nadal and David Goffin and we should expect another quick resolution when he faces the Dutch number one.
Griekspoor has lost each of his last two meetings without taking a set and will have the chance to get one against a player with a solid overall game that looks almost perfect at the moment.
The German is about to strut
An intriguing third-round clash between promising Alex De Minaur and grizzled veteran Jan-Lennard Struff could be one to watch.
The 25-year-old Australian is enjoying a stellar campaign at Roland Garros after winning back-to-back matches on Parisian clay for the first time in his career and losing just 13 matches so far.
But he won’t find it easy against Struff, who has lost just 13 games in two easy wins – the latest coming against world number 17 Alexander Bublik in a match that lasted just 80 minutes.
De Minaur has a 3-2 lead in previous meetings, but the German won his only previous match on clay comprehensively, 6-3 6-2, and can win again on Saturday.
Badosa can be a nuisance for second seed Sabalenka
Sabalenka faces her occasional doubles partner and friend Badosa for a place in the round of 16, having so far enjoyed comfortable victories against Erika Andreeva and qualifier Moyuka Uchijima.
But former world number two Badosa gave her a very good match in their last meeting and may have even won.
They were tied 3-3 in the deciding set when the Spaniard’s injury-prone body let her down again, but Badosa showed no signs of weakness in her three-set win over Yulia Putintseva this week , suggesting that she can guarantee that this match will go ahead as planned. the distance too.
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