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Men’s tennis action continues on Day 5 at the Paris Olympics as the Round of 16 kicks off and concludes with eight men’s singles matches around the Roland Garros grounds. We have a separate article featuring the other four matches, including Carlos Alcaraz vs. Roman Safiullin<\/a>. As always, we at LWOT will provide our roundtable predictions for all Day 5 matches. But who will advance to the quarterfinals?<\/p>\n

Paris Olympics Day 5 Men’s Predictions<\/h2>\n

Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Sebastian Baez<\/h4>\n

Jordan<\/em>
\nBaez is an excellent clay court player, but he will need to be much better than the previous round, when he scraped through in a deciding set tiebreak. Tsitsipas\u2019 firepower is likely to take him through this match. Aside from Carlos Alcaraz, he has a great chance of beating anyone left in the draw.
\nPrediction: Tsitsipas in 2<\/em><\/p>\n

Ateet<\/em>
\nStefanos Tsitsipas demolished Dan Evans in the second round as his quest for an Olympic medal continues. He has a positive head-to-head record against Sebastian Baez but their last match was close. Baez plays his best tennis on clay but looked far from his best in the last round. There will be lots of long rallies in this match but Tsitsipas will be able to dominate through his forehand.
\nPrediction: Tsitsipas in 2<\/em><\/p>\n

Damian<\/em>
\nBaez wasn’t all that comfortable against Hassan in the second round and overall seems to be nowhere near his Golden Swing form. Even on clay, the weaponry that Tsitsipas possesses could just be a bit too much for him. Especially as he also doesn’t have many ways of putting pressure on the backhand.
\nPrediction: Tsitsipas in 2<\/em><\/p>\n

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Taylor Fritz vs Lorenzo Musetti<\/h4>\n

Jordan<\/em>
\nFritz\u2019s improvements on clay have been impressive. That gives him a chance against Musetti, but I doubt it will be enough to take him to victory. The Italian\u2019s game is still more complete on the dirt, although I do think Fritz has a better chance in a best of three set match.
\nPrediction: Musetti in 3<\/em><\/p>\n

Ateet<\/em>
\nThis should be a fantastic matchup between two in-form players with the ability to damage each other. They recently clashed in the Wimbledon quarterfinals, with Musetti winning as an underdog on Fritz’s strongest surface. Fritz will be eager to exact retribution and harm Musetti on his best surface. However, it will not be simple, as Musetti crushed Fritz when they met on clay this year. Fritz will be the fresher of the two and will be ready for Musetti\u2019s slices this time. This match can go either way but Musetti seems stronger to me because of his variety.
\nPrediction: Musetti in 3<\/em><\/p>\n

Damian<\/em>
\nThe consistency of Musetti’s game is going up a bit after that fantastic grass season, the final in Umag, and now a couple of solid wins at the Olympics. It’s not a given that the Italian will get through Fritz as well, but he already neutralized his power in Monte Carlo and at Wimbledon. He should be at least a slight favorite to do it again.
\nPrediction: Musetti in 3<\/em><\/p>\n

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