Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs Mattia Bellucci Preview & Prediction | 2025 Grand Prix Hassan II | Round of 16

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Eighth seed Mattia Bellucci meets qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert for a place in the last eight.

Ranking points: ATP 250

Start date/time: Thursday 3rd April, 2025: UK – not before TBC / US ET – not before TBC / US PT – not before TBC

Venue: Royal Tennis Club de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco

Surface: Outdoor clay

How to watch on TV: UK – Sky Sports Tennis / US – Tennis Channel

How to watch online: UK – Sky Go / US – Tennis Channel

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Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs Mattia Bellucci prediction

Mattia Bellucci’s solid year continued as he brushed past Pavel Kotov to commence the clay swing on a positive note on Tuesday.

The Italian powered down nine aces and converted three of seven break points to post a 6-4 6-4 success.

The 23-year-old will now meet Herbert, who backed up some resilient wins in qualifying with an impressive 4-6 6-3 6-2 win over clay-specialist Federico Coria. 

The 34-year-old somehow overcame 12 double faults and 54 unforced errors to take down the Argentine, whose lack of firepower proved costly as he could only muster ten winners across three sets.

Bellucci has the weapons to do more damage and also has the recent memory of a 6-4 6-3 win over Herbert in their only meeting in a Challenger in Pau last year. 

Herbert will need to tighten up on serve and reel in the over-zealous errors, but he will have to go for his shots against the eighth seed and it’ll take his best display of an already solid week to pull off the surprise. 

Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs Mattia Bellucci tip: Mattia Bellucci to win