Casper Ruud vs Francisco Cerúndolo Prediction: The Argentine player is a bit underrated

Prediction for the ATP Olympics match which will take place on July 31. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

At the Majors in the suburbs of Paris, Ruud reached the semi-finals, where he lost to Alexander Zverev in 4 sets. After that, he suffered a setback at Wimbledon - a second-round exit at the hands of Fognini and a defeat in the first match of the tournament in Bastad against Brazilian Monteiro, even in two games. In Paris, the Scandinavian had a confident 7:5, 6:1 win over Taro Daniel of Japan in two sets and a less confident 7:5, 6:1 victory over Italian Vavassori in three sets. The match against the Italian lasted two hours and 6 minutes, the Norwegian had two aces and zero double faults, won 79% of points on his first serve and 70% on his second serve.

Before the Olympic tournament in Paris, Cherundolo played a dirt tournament in Umag, Croatia, where he triumphed, beating Musetti in the final and then knocking Andrey Rublev out of the draw along the way. At the Olympics, the Argentine defeated Chilean Barrios in two games and Frenchman Umbert in three sets 7:5, 6:7, 7:5. During the game against Hugo Cherundolo made 6 aces with three double faults, won 77% of points on the first serve and 70% on the second.

We think that the Argentine player is a bit underrated, Francisco is in great form, last week he won a dirt tournament in Umag, beating Rublev in the process. In Paris, the Argentine has two wins, including one over the top 20 ATP ranking representative, Umber. Ruud did not impress in the match against Vavasori, although the Italian cannot be called a top tennis player. In addition, Cherundolo has an advantage in head-to-head meetings over the Norwegian, including on the dirt surface. In this pairing, we are on the outsider's side, and as for the total, we expect a long match.