{"id":360009,"date":"2025-07-29T12:04:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T16:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=360009"},"modified":"2025-07-29T12:04:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T16:04:51","slug":"national-bank-open-tennis-predictions-and-best-bets-july-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/national-bank-open-tennis-predictions-and-best-bets-july-29\/","title":{"rendered":"National Bank Open round of 64 picks and predictions July 29: Best bets for Denis Shapovalov, Bianca Andreescu and Casper Ruud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Multiple Canadians look to advance past the round of 64 at the National Bank Open on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pregame narrative:<\/strong> The biggest name of them all is Denis Shapovalov, and he comes into this event off the back of a victory in Los Cabos. Earlier on, Bianca Andreescu aims to turn her season around in front of her home crowd against Mirra Andreeva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out my top National Bank Open predictions for July 29, including picks on Roman Safiullin vs. Casper Ruud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Bank Open predictions: July 29<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Best Bet: Shapovalov -2.5 games (-120)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s hard-court season once again, and Shapovalov has always thrived on the playing surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With both indoor and outdoor hardcourts included, the Canadian has a 226-144 career record. On all other surfaces, he is 102-77.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2025, he is 11-6 on outdoor hardcourts and just won a title in Mexico, where he dominated. In fact, Shapovalov won every set in all four matches and covered this spread in each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His opponent, Learner Tien, is a 19-year-old future star, but I think the red-hot Canadian will be too much to handle at this point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tien is 14-7 on the playing surface, but he falls short in the big matches. At the Citi Open, the American ran into a streaking Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and lost badly (6-2, 6-2). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Spaniard went on to reach the final in that event, much like Shapovalov at the Mifel Tennis Open in Los Cabos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key stat:<\/strong> At the Mifel Open, Shapovalov had an average win margin of 7.5 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full tennis betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Bank Open best bet: Safiullin vs. Ruud<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ruud -1.5 sets (+120)<\/strong>: There is too much value here to pass up on the side of Ruud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Norwegian missed almost two months of action following the French Open due to a knee injury, so it’s hard to gauge how good his form is ahead of the National Bank Open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But he’s far and away the better player in the matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Ruud is the No. 11-ranked player on the ATP tour with a 24-9 record this season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    • Safiullin is No. 82 and is 11-16 in 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      While Ruud has some question marks coming in, there’s no denying that Safiullin is in poor form, having lost eight of his last 10 matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The Russian is 7-8 on outdoor hardcourts this year, and he barely scraped by Ugo Blanchet (No. 231) in the round of 128.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Meanwhile, Ruud is 6-3 on the surface. He was able to shake off some of the rust in Gstaad, winning one match in straight sets before losing in three sets in the second round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Best bet: Andreescu vs. Andreeva <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      Andreescu +5.5 games (-120)<\/strong>: When healthy, Andreescu is a world-class tennis player, but staying healthy has been a challenge for the Canadian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Since the concerns started in 2020, Andreescu has played fewer than 30 games in three different seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      She’s played 17 matches so far in 2025, and the hope is that she’s past her lingering injury concerns coming into the National Bank Open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The good news is Andreescu looked good in the round of 128, beating Barbora Krejcikova (No. 80) in straight sets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Andreeva is on a different level, however. She is the world No. 5 player with an incredible 20-5 record on outdoor hardcourts this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      But this bet doesn’t require Andreescu to win. She just needs to be somewhat competitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      This is the Canadian’s best playing surface. Andreescu has a 125-50 record on outdoor hardcourts in her career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      National Bank Open predictions made at 12:03 p.m. on 07\/29\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Multiple Canadians look to advance past the round of 64 at the National Bank Open on Tuesday. The pregame narrative: The biggest name of them all is Denis Shapovalov, and he comes into this event off the back of a victory in Los Cabos. Earlier on, Bianca Andreescu aims to turn her season around in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":359986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,71],"tags":[129],"class_list":["post-360009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","category-tennis","tag-tennis-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNational Bank Open predictions July 29: Round of 64 picks | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our National Bank Open predictions for July 29, 2025. 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