2025 French Open Day 5 picks, odds: Best bets for Jaume Munar-Arthur Fils, Jack Draper-Gael Monfils
Day 4 of the French Open was full of chaos.Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas were eliminated, while Tommy Paul needed five sets to get past Marton Fucsovics.Even Carlos Alcaraz was made to sweat a little bit in his match against Fabian Maroszan. Will we see more carnage on Day 5? Let’s dive into our best bets at Roland Garros.There is plenty of pressure on Arthur Fils this fortnight.The No.14 seed is the next big thing in French Tennis, and is the highest-ranked player in France at the moment.
He will have a raucous crowd behind him Thursday for his match against Jaume Munar. The expectation will be that Fils advances without much fuss, but overlook Munar at your own risk, especially in this kind of matchup.While Fils clearly has a bigger game and more talent than Munar, the Spaniard is a clay-court specialist who has built his career on being a thorn in the side of better players.That doesn’t jive too well with Fils’ game, which is predicated on smashing opponents off the court.If you can stretch out points and make Fils play the extra ball, you can get him to start making mistakes and take himself out of the match.Munar is a live underdog Thursday morning.The Play: Jaume Munar (+400, FanDuel)One of the great showmen in all of sports, Gael Monfils brought the drama again Tuesday afternoon. The Parisian erased a 2-0 deficit to defeat Hugo Dellien in a classic five-set thriller.It was vintage Monfils.The job gets much more difficult for La Monf on Thursday, as he’ll need to recover and prepare for No.
5 Jack Draper.Draper is in the midst of a superb 2025 season, winning a title at Indian Wells and finishing as the runner-up at the Madrid Masters last month.On form, Draper looks like a runaway in this match.But that’s the thing with Monfils matches.
You just can’t prepare for them.The crowd will be bonkers, Monfils will be doing crazy stuff, and his opponent, no matter who it is, will need to keep his composure amidst the chaos.That throws a wrench...