Damir Dzumhur and Carlos Alcaraz meet Friday in the French Open Third Round. Here’s a Dzumhur vs Alcaraz Prediction. This article will include a Dzumhur vs Alcaraz Pick.
Damir Dzumhur Betting Preview
Dzumhur is in the third round of a grand slam for the first time since 2018 French Open. Dzumhur has never made the fourth round of a grand slam. It’s going to be interesting to see how much Dzumhur has left in the tank as he’s played eight sets of tennis and over six hours to get here. Dzumhur beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Thiago Agustin Tirante to get to this point.
Dzumhur entered the French Open losing four of his last five matches, so simply getting this far is an accomplishment. Dzumhur hasn’t won three straight matches since Bucharest. Despite not hitting many aces, Dzumhur is getting his first serve in play at a high percentage and that will be key for him to threaten the Spaniard here.
Dzumhur has four career wins over top-10 players, but none of those wins have come since 2017. Dzumhur’s only win over a top-10 player on clay came against Tomas Berdych in 2016.
Carlos Alcaraz Betting Preview
Alcaraz has won each of his last eight matches and has cruised for the most part in his first two at the French. Fabian Marozsan did take a set from Alcaraz in his last outing, as the defendign champion struggled with his first serve and had nine unforced errors in the second set. Alcaraz does have a habit here and there where he loses focus and allows his opponent to hang around, but outside of that, he’s been dominant. Alcaraz has now won 10 of his last 11 matches that have gone at least four sets.
Alcaraz is 18-3 in career French Open matches, losing before the fourth round just once in four previous trips. Alcaraz is 11-2 in career grand slam third round matches.
Dzumhur vs Alcaraz H2H
Dzumhur and Alcaraz have played once, which was 2020 Barcelona, a match Alcaraz won in three sets. The match was decided in 25 games. After Dzumhur won the first set, he won a combined three games in the last two sets.
Dzumhur vs Alcaraz Prediction
Dzumhur will have some sort of confidence after pushing Alcaraz on clay a few years ago, and he’s familiar and comfortable on this surface. Alcatraz also has a habit of letting his foot off the gas at times against lesser players. It wouldn’t be shocking to see Dzumhur steal a set.
With that said, Dzumhur has already played a lot of tennis to get here, and I question if he’ll be fit enough to really hang. Dzumhur also fizzles out around this time of grand slams, so there’s nothing on his resume to indicate he’s ready for the moment. He’s not a big match player. I’ll take Alcaraz in straight sets to shave down the ridiculous price.