{"id":360639,"date":"2025-08-02T12:36:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T16:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=360639"},"modified":"2025-08-02T12:36:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T16:36:27","slug":"national-bank-open-tennis-picks-and-predictions-august-2-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/national-bank-open-tennis-picks-and-predictions-august-2-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"National Bank Open round of 16 picks and predictions: Bet on Holger Rune, Francisco Cerundolo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The National Bank Open round of 16 begins on Saturday, and two games from the Toronto draw have my attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Holger Rune has looked sharp through two rounds and has value to breeze past Alexei Popyrin, who is having a down year. After that, I expect Francisco Cerundolo to give top-seeded Alexander Zverev everything he can handle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out my top National Bank Open predictions for Aug. 2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">National Bank Open predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best bet: Rune -3.5 games (+112)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rune started his career as a clay court specialist, but the 22-year-old is finding a groove on outdoor hard courts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He&#8217;s 33-16 since the start of 2023, reaching the Indian Wells final this year while beating names like Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And Rune&#8217;s recent partnership with the legendary Andre Agassi has me thinking the Dane can elevate his game to another level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It was insane. I&#8217;ve never met a guy who sees tennis that way, and I found it interesting &#8230; he makes things simple on the court,&#8221; Rune said of Agassi, who helped train him ahead of the National Bank Open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The early results have been encouraging \u2014 a pair of straight-set wins over the hard-serving Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and No. 29-seeded Alexandre Muller. Rune covered a -3.5 spread in both of those matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Popyrin just beat an out-of-form Medvedev, but the Australian entered this tournament having lost five of his last six matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think Rune can finish this one quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Popyrin is 4-7 on hard courts this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"cacheembed:116548\">Embed: #116548<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/tennis\/grand_slam\/wimbledon\">Full tennis betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick pick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>Zverev\/Cerundolo over 22.5 games<\/strong> (-105)<\/strong>: Zverev might be the tournament&#8217;s top seed, but things haven&#8217;t come easy so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He needed a tiebreak and 23 games to beat wild-card Adam Walton (ATP No. 88) in the first round, and it took three sets to down Matteo Arnaldi (No. 41) in the round of 32.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cerundolo is a rising star and is one of the few players who can say he&#8217;s undefeated against the German superstar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Argentine has a 3-0 record against Zvervev. While all of those victories were on clay, Cerundolo knows he&#8217;s capable of pulling off an upset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cerundolo is 10-3 on hard courts since the start of the Australian Open, with two of his three losses going over this game total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>National Bank Open predictions made at 12:00 p.m. on 08\/02\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Bank Open round of 16 begins on Saturday, and two games from the Toronto draw have my attention. The pregame narrative: Holger Rune has looked sharp through two rounds and has value to breeze past Alexei Popyrin, who is having a down year. 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