Rafael Nadal vs Botic van de Zandschulp 5/27/22 French Open Tennis Picks, Predictions, Odds

Botic van de Zandschulp and Rafael Nadal meet in the third round of the 2022 tennis French Open.

Botic van de Zandschulp is coming off a three sets win over Fabio Fognini that took 28 games to decide. In the victory, van de Zandschulp won 73 percent of his first serve points and 50 percent of his second serve points. Van de Zandschulp won 64 percent of his total service points and converted on five of his 11 break points. Van de Zandschulp saved five of his eight break points and played two hours before the Italian retired in the third set. Van de Zandschulp looks to make the fourth round of a grand slam for the second time in his career. Van de Zandschulp is 1-1 in previous grand slam third round matches. Van de Zandschulp has three wins over top-10 players, two of which came this year. Van de Zandschulp has won seven of his last 10 matches on clay court.

Rafael Nadal is coming off a straight set win over Corentin Moutet that took 26 games to decide. In the victory, Nadal won 72 percent of his first serve points and 56 percent of his second serve points. Nadal won 67 percent of his total service points and converted on seven of his 12 break points. Nadal got 65 percent of his first serves in play and saved two of his four break points. Nadal has won his first six sets this tournament, and has lost three or fewer games in five of those sets. Nadal hasn’t lost before the fourth round of a grand slam since the 2016 French Open. Nadal has lost before the fourth round of the French Open just once in his career. Nadal has won seven of his last 10 matches on clay court.

There’s no match history between these two players.

Van de Zandschulp is having a strong year and has positioned himself to be a tough out in the third round. Unfortunately, Nadal in the French Open is a completely different beast and van de Zandschulp hasn’t exactly piled up the success in grand slam action. Despite how he’s played this year, this match is likely going to be too much for van de Zandschulp, as he has little to lean on to help get him through.

Give me Nadal in straight sets.