French Open - Day 9 (Mon)

Stefanos Tsitsipas came out just too weak on Sunday, losing a tie break 8-6 and taking our cash with it. We return on Monday with Dominic Thiem the man to carry our hopes.

He's the first real shortie we've supported this year, but the Austrian deserves our confidence. In his short career he has already reached three semi-finals here - one of which was a winning visit which saw him make the final against Nadal last year.

Monday's opponent is Gael Monfils, a man whom he holds a 4-0 winning record against, and a 2-0 advantage over on clay. Their last meeting on the dirt was in 2018, where Thiem won 6-2 6-1 in a dominant performance.

With a warm-up tournament win in Barcelona in April, and a semi-final appearance in Madrid, he looks in decent nick coming into this won as well.

Monfils enjoyed a more modest set of results coming into this event and there is the nagging doubt about his age - time seems to be catching up with him gradually.

Comparing the pair statistically this season, Thiem has won 64.9% of service points and 41.1% of receiving points against Top 50 players on clay, for an overall 11-5 winning record. His combined serve/receive numbers are 106% - really elite level numbers.

Monfils has played just five matches, recording a 3-2 winning record, but with service numbers of 61.4% and receiving points at 38.6% he's a good way short - combining for 100% exactly.

We're backing Thiem both to win the match, and also take things down with a 3-0 win.

5pts Thiem to beat Monfils at 2/5 (General)

2pts Thiem to win 3-0 at 21/10 (BF Sportsbook - bigger on the exchange)

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