David Goffin vs Tomas Machac Preview & Prediction | 2024 US Open | Third Round
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Veteran David Goffin is rolling back the years in New York this week and victory here against Tomas Machac will see him equal his best ever finish in the US Open
START DATE/TIME: Saturday 31st August, 2024, UK – not before 4:00pm / US ET – not before 11:00am / US PT – not before 8:00am
VENUE: USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York, USA
SURFACE: Outdoor hard
HOW TO WATCH ON TV: UK – Sky Sports / US – ESPN networks (ESPN, ESPN2 & ABC)
HOW TO WATCH ONLINE: UK – Sky Go / US – ESPN+
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DAVID GOFFIN VS TOMAS MACHAC PREDICTION
David Goffin is rolling back the years right now and the 33-year-old is clearly enjoying himself on court these days. The Belgian has risen back up the rankings and into the top 65 and his wins over Alejandro Tabilo and Adrian Mannarino will boost his confidence even further.
He now meets Tomas Machac in a repeat of their first-round meeting at Wimbledon in July. Goffin won the first two sets before being pegged back to two each. He was then leading the fifth set 5-0 but somehow contrived to lose that and Machac produced a stunning comeback to win.
Goffin will have felt he was in control for long spells of that match and should have won it, and he has only improved since then.
Machac is playing extremely well right now also and the 23-year-old Czech has looked very strong in successive straight-sets wins over Fabio Fognini and then Sebastian Korda. The win over Korda was especially impressive given his opponent’s form but Machac did not give him a sniff.
We can see this match going four or five sets. Both players are playing with plenty of belief right now but we favour the younger Machac. It is hard to see Goffin dominating and winning in three and the longer it goes, we think Machac has the edge.
DAVID GOFFIN VS TOMAS MACHAC TIP: TOMAS MACHAC TO WIN
