Tennis Prediction Francisco Cerundolo vs Landaluce: Roland Garros

• For one of the two, it's clearly a golden opportunity to reach the second week.

• When we look at the draw a few days ago, neither of them was supposed to be in this position: Landaluce was initially supposed to face Jannik Sinner, while Cerundolo was practically already on the plane after being led 6-3 6-2 5-1 by the Italian before the scenario we know.

• Today, everything is back in play and the match seems extremely open on paper, yet I tend to give the advantage to the Argentine, mainly for a physical question.

• Landaluce is coming off two huge five-set battles and is starting to accumulate a lot of court time, he has already spent more than 7h30 of play since the start of the tournament and that could start to weigh heavily.

• Especially in the current conditions where each exchange requires a lot of energy and the problem for him is that he will now face exactly the type of player you don't want to face when the legs start to get heavy.

• Juan Manuel Cerundolo is a huge clay court grinder, he will lengthen the rallies, impose volume, make one more shot constantly and test the patience and physical endurance of his opponent.

We feel a player with confidence, very solid mentally and perfectly at ease in this type of long draw.

• In addition to that, the Argentine is coming in excellent form, he is on a streak of 7 consecutive wins and has recently won a Challenger title by dominating Raphaël Collignon in the final.

• Landaluce has a lot of talent and his tournament is already remarkable, but I have the impression that the accumulation of efforts could end up catching up with him today.

• The more the match progresses, the more I see Cerundolo taking the upper hand thanks to his ability to repeat the efforts and impose his relentless pace from the back of the court.