The National Bank Open Round of 32 begins on Thursday, and there are some great matches in the night sessions.
The pregame narrative: Victoria Mboko is the last Canadian standing on the women’s side, and she is favoured to beat unseeded Marie Bouzkova tonight. In the men’s draw, Daniil Medvedev takes on Alexei Popyrin while top-seed Alexander Zverev battles Matteo Arnaldi.
Check out my top National Bank Open parlay predictions for July 31.
National Bank Open predictions
Parlay: Mboko to win | Medvedev/Popyrin over 22.5 games | Zverev to win (+296)
Mboko to win (-148): Mboko put the tennis world on notice earlier this year, winning 22 straight matches without dropping a set to win four ITF titles.
And it doesn’t look like a step up in competition is fazing her.
- Mboko won her opening match at both Wimbledon and the French Open, reaching the third round at Roland Garros as a wild-card.
- She’s picked up a pair of straight-set victories at the NBO, most recently smashing No. 23 seed Sofia Kenin. In that match, Mboko hit 12 aces and had a 78% win rate on her first serve.
Her opponent, Bouzkova, is also on a tear. The Czechian is on a seven-match winning streak, and just won the Prague Open in her home country.
But she only had to beat one top-65-ranked opponent in that event, and she’ll be playing her eighth match in 10 days — and third in four days after travelling across the Atlantic.
I expect fatigue to set in for Bouzkova sooner rather than later.
Mboko is 14-2 on hard courts this year, including 3-1 since returning to North America following Wimbledon.
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Tennis parlay picks
Medvedev/Popyrin over 22.5 games (-108): Nothing is coming easy for Medvedev this year.
The former ATP No. 1 has just one final appearance (a loss to Alexander Bublik at the Halle Open) and was bounced from the French Open and Wimbledon in the opening round.
His most recent loss came at the Citi DC Open, where he shockingly lost 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 against then-No. 59 Corentin Moutet.
Medvedev still has a 27-15 record this year, and Popyrin, at 13-17, is having a down year.
Still, I expect this match to be tightly contested. Two of the last three meetings between these two have gone three sets, with an average of 28.0 games played.
Zverev to win (-455): I’m going with a hopeful layup for the final leg of this wager.
Top-seeded Zverev has a 36-14 record this season and should make light work of ATP No. 41-ranked Arnaldi.
The Italian has seen some success, but it’s mainly been on clay. He is a mediocre 9-7 on hard courts this year and is 2-10 against top-10 ranked opponents on hard courts in his career.
National Bank Open predictions made at 12:10 p.m. on 07/31/2025
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