Tennis Prediction Terence Atmane vs Jakub Mensik: Montreal

🇨🇦 Montreal

• It's hard to overlook Terence Atmane in this underdog position. He's a player capable of the best and the worst, but when he gains confidence and strings matches together, he becomes extremely difficult to contain.

• His convincing wins over Jack Draper and Karen Khachanov have further confirmed the level of play he is capable of producing on hard courts when he is relaxed.

• On the other side, Jakub Mensik remains the favourite on paper, but I remain quite mixed about what he has shown in the previous round. He gets through against Jacob Fearnley, but in a tight match where he was put under pressure for long sequences. This time, he will face an even more aggressive and explosive profile.

• This is not the first time the Czech has experienced difficulties against big hitters capable of taking the ball very early and depriving him of time.

• We notably remember his defeat against Ugo Blanchet at the 2025 US Open, in a rather similar style of play.

• With his left-handed serve, his huge first shot, and his ability to shorten the rallies, Atmane has all the weapons to bother Mensik.

• If he maintains his serving level and manages to impose his rhythm from the first strokes, this 2.85 odds seems clearly interesting to me.

• I also 'secure' the set at 1.68, which seems to me to be an excellent entry point on this match.