Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Zdenek Kolar 5/26/22 French Open Tennis Picks, Predictions, Odds

Zdenek Kolar and Stefanos Tsitsipas meet in the second round of the 2022 tennis French Open.

Zdenek Kolar is coming off a four sets win over Lucas Pouille that took 41 games to decide. In the victory, Kolar won 72 percent of his first serve points and 40 percent of his second serve points. Kolar won 61 percent of his total service points and converted on six of his seven break points. Kolar snagged the biggest win of his career at 25 years old, winning his first grand slam match against a player who was in the top-10 just a few years ago. Kolar will have to clean up the eight double faults, but he has to be thrilled at the moment, coming off a breakthrough victory. Kolar looks to make the third round of a grand slam for the first time in his career. Kolar has won seven of his last nine matches on clay court.

Stefanos Tsitsipas is coming off a five sets win over Lorenzo Musetti that took 47 games to decide. In the victory, Tsitsipas won 74 percent of his first serve points and 48 percent of his second serve points. Tsitsipas won 66 percent of his total service points and converted on eight of his 19 break points. Tsitsipas had to dig deep in the first round after dropping the first two sets, forcing a match that lasted over three and a half hours. Not the start Tsitsipas would have wanted, and he needs to improve his second serve and the eight double faults. Tsitsipas looks to make the third round of a grand slam for the eighth time in his last nine tries. Tsitsipas has made at least the third round of the French Open in each of the last three years. Tsitsipas has won five of his last six matches on clay court.

There’s no match history between these two players.

Playing such a long match this early in the tournament doesn’t do Tsitsipas any favors in terms of pushing for a title, but he should have enough in the tank to get the job done here. In fact, winning three straight sets after dropping the first two probably gives Tsitsipas a confidence boost that carries over here. Kolar simply doesn’t have the big match experience to lean on in this match, and he had issues with his serve despite the victory.

Tsitsipas should win this match in straight sets.