Borna Ćorić vs Alexander Bublik Prediction & Betting Tips - Open Sud de France

Prediction published on 03/02/2024, 15:40  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 04/02/2024 at 01:00 in Tennis Predictions

Second seeded Alexander Bublik takes on fourth seed Borna Coric in the Open de Sud France final. Bublik has risen from 27th to a career high 23rd in the live rankings thanks to this run to the fnal of this indoor hard court tournament. He's currently 18th in the ATP Live Race, just a place and four points behind his opponent in this final. Bublik is in his first title decider of the year but also went deep in Brisbane last month. He got to the last four there but then had a first round exit in the Australian Open. It's gone well for him in Montpellier this week but it's taken him just over seven hours on court to get to the final. Each of his three matches have followed the same pattern. He lost the first set against Denis Shapovalov, Alexander Shevchenko and Felix Auger-Aliassime (his semi-final opponent) but then recovered to win the next two. He won this title two years ago and has been victorious in nine of his 11 matches played in Montpellier. He won his only previous match against Coric but that was on grass.

Borna Coric caused a surprise in the semi-finals when knocking out the top seed Holger Rune. The Croatian won the first set 6-3 and then Rune retired when trailing 4-1 in the second due to a right forearm injury. Coric was in 37th position in the rankings at the start of this tournament and has risen to 31st in the live rankings, boosting his hopes of being seeded at the next Grand Slam. He also lost in round one of the Australian Open and then took part in a Challenger Tour event, reaching the final. This week has seen him get to the final without dropping a set. We go for Bublik to win this match.