Aljaz Bedene vs Novak Djokovic 5/27/22 French Open Tennis Picks, Predictions, Odds

Novak Djokovic and Aljaz Bedene meet in the third round of the 2022 tennis French Open.

Novak Djokovic is coming off a straight set win over Alex Molcan that took 30 games to decide. In the victory, Djokovic won 79 percent of his first serve points and 61 percent of his second serve points. Djokovic won 74 percent of his total service points and converted on four of his eight break points. Djokovic faced two break points in his victory and hit 10 aces. Djokovic has won each of his last 16 sets overall. Djokovic hasn’t lost before the fourth round in a grand slam since the 2017 Australian Open. Djokovic hasn’t lost before the fourth round of the French Open since 2009. Djokovic has won seven straight matches on clay court.

Aljaz Bedene is coming off a four sets win over Pablo Cuevas that took 43 games to decide. In the victory, Bedene won 76 percent of his first serve points and 51 percent of his second serve points. Bedene won 65 percent of his total service points and converted on five of his 15 break points. Bedene saved seven of his 11 break points and hit 13 aces. Bedene won his first two matches in four sets and has won two straight matches for the first time since last year’s Wimbledon. Bedene looks to make his first ever grand slam fourth round appearance. Bedene is 0-5 in previous grand slam third round matches. Bedene has two career wins over top-10 players. Bedene has split his last 10 matches on clay court.

Djokovic has won all three matches against Bedene, and all matches were decided in straight sets. The most recent meeting was the 2017 Italian Open. They played in the 2016 French Open and that match was decided in 26 games.

Give Bedene credit for getting to this point, as it’s been quiet for the last year, but this is where things come to an end. Djokovic is in one of those grooves with 16 straight sets under his belt, and he’s absolutely dominated Bedene in past meetings. Everything is working against Bedene in this match.

Give me Djokovic in straight sets for max betting value.