🎾 ATP Munich: Cerundolo vs Struff

🎾 ATP Munich: Cerundolo vs Struff – Match Preview

🧠 Form & Context

🇩🇪 Jan-Lennard Struff

• 2025 Record: 3–10 overall
• Current Streak: 7-match losing streak
• Munich Pedigree: Champion (2024), Finalist (2021), Semifinalist (2014)
• Surface Fit: Flat power game suited to Munich’s faster clay
• Motivation: Title defense on home soil, strong crowd backing

🇦🇷 Francisco Cerundolo

• 2025 Record: 14–8 overall, including consistent main-draw success since January
• Monte Carlo: Took a set off Carlos Alcaraz in R2
• Clay Strength: One of the most fluid movers and consistent baseliners on the surface
• Munich History: First main draw appearance (failed to qualify in 2022)

🔍 Match Breakdown

This match is a clash between emotional momentum and form reality. Struff’s best memories in tennis have come in Munich, but his current game is crumbling under the weight of lost confidence and poor results. Still, the conditions—slightly faster clay, high bounce—play to his strengths if he can find rhythm early.

Cerundolo, meanwhile, has quietly built a consistent season. He’s comfortable on clay, has better court coverage, and enters with match sharpness. His heavy forehand and point construction are likely to expose Struff’s current lack of rally tolerance unless the German delivers first-strike tennis from the first point.

🔮 Prediction

Pick: Cerundolo to win in straight sets

Struff’s love affair with Munich may bring him a burst of resistance, but Cerundolo’s clay instincts, form, and confidence should be enough to overcome any local magic.