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Felix Auger-Aliassime meets Marcos Giron in the first round at the 2024 Paris Olympics and it is the Canadian who has had the edge between them in previous meetings
START DATE/TIME: Saturday 27th July, 2024, UK – 12:15pm / US ET – 7:15am / US PT – 4:15am
SURFACE: Outdoor clay
HOW TO WATCH THE PARIS OLYMPICS ON TV: UK – BBC is the main broadcaster while some event will be televised on Eurosport / US – NBC is the main broadcaster while some events will be shown on NBCSN, CNBC, USA Network and Telemundo
HOW TO WATCH THE PARIS OLYMPICS ONLINE: UK – BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website & Eurosport Player / US – Events can be streamed on the relevant streaming platforms of NBCSN, CNBC, USA Network and Telemundo
FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME VS MARCOS GIRON PREDICTION
One of the more entertaining matches takes place on the first day at the Paris 2024 Olympics with Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime meeting American Marcos Giron in the first round. They have met four times before and the Canadian has won three of those matches including the one encounter on clay in 2022 in Rome. That said, Giron did win the last meeting in Tokyo last year.
Giron comes off winning an ATP 250 title in Newport a couple of weeks ago so that will boost his confidence. That was on grass however and his better performances this year have come on either grass or hard courts.
Auger-Aliassime is a solid clay court player and did well at Roland Garros this year losing in the round of 16 to Carlos Alcaraz. Prior to that he won three matches against Nishioka, Squire and Shelton and he will be confident of overcoming Giron here. Our preference is with the Canadian to progress.
FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME VS MARCOS GIRON TIP: FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME TO WIN