Tennis Prediction Zhou vs Juan Manuel Cerundolo: Chengdu

Chengdu 🇨🇳

• There are players who have a tournament, and Yi Zhou has his. It was in Chengdu that he won the first ATP match of his career, in 2024, against Chun Hsin Tseng. And it was in Chengdu, last year, that he eliminated Cameron Norrie, 5th seed, 6-7 6-4 7-6. He was then ranked 304th in the world.

• In his 4 matches played here, he has taken at least one set in 3 of them.

• On the other hand, Juan Manuel Cerundolo has come to Chengdu once. He lost in the first round against Lorenzo Sonego.

• And the conditions don't really suit the Argentine's style. He is a clay court player: his big results of the year are a semi-final in Gstaad with Casper Ruud beaten, a Challenger title in Bordeaux and a 1/8 final at Roland-Garros.

• On hard courts this season, he is 7 wins for 6 losses.

• He hasn't played since September 1st, eliminated in the first round of the US Open by Arthur Gea in 5 sets. Three weeks without a match, then a flight to China. Zhou, on the other hand, was still playing 10 days ago at the Shanghai Challenger.

• I expect to see the Chinese play his best tennis at home and hold his own against an Argentine who could take time to acclimatize to the playing conditions.