ATP Estoril Open: Wednesday tennis tips, odds & betting

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Gael Monfils makes his seasonal clay bow in the Estoril Open this week and the French­man, always worth considering as an outright shot for the French Open, could be feeling positive given the way Rafael Nadal has been struggling for form.

Back La Monf to take care of American beanpole Reilly Opelka in Portugal.

Monfils is one of the world’s smartest performers on the slow red terrain when he’s in the mood to perform, and considering the form the loved-up Parisian showed on hard courts in early season there are good grounds for being hopeful.

The Rotterdam champion is having fun canoodling with WTA ace Elina Svitolina and his tennis looks to have improved on the back of their relationship.

Like a number of the young Americans, Opelka is battling well on clay but he’s still inexperienced and this terrain would have to go down as the Michigan native’s weakest.

Stefanos Tsitsipas takes on Guido Andreozzi in Estoril and the Greek, ranked tenth in the world, isn’t looking anywhere near as handy on clay this year as he did last season.

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1pt 8-13 Hills, Paddy Power

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