<h2>Italian Stallion to Canter Home?</h2> <p>The number eight seed Lorenzo Musetti is safely through to the second round of the French Open.</p> <p>There he will meet Daniel Elahi Galan, the Colombian ‘lucky loser’ and world number 122 on Wednesday.</p> <p>Will Musetti march on to the third round at Roland Garros?</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Lorenzo Musetti: French Open So Far</h3> <p>The Italian cruised through his first-round tie with German qualifier Yannick Hanfmann, winning the last eleven games in a row in a 7-5, 6-2, 6-0 victory.</p> <p>Musetti has never gone beyond the fourth round of the French Open, but is playing the best tennis of his life right now – breaking into the ATP’s top ten earlier in May.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Daniel Elahi Galan: French Open So Far</h3> <p>Grinding out a five-set win in four-and-a-half hours is perhaps not the best preparation for a meeting with the number eight seed.</p> <p>Galan’s first-round clash with French wildcard Valentin Royer went the distance, with two of the sets played going to a tie-break and the fifth ending 7-5 in the Colombian’s favour.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h3>Lorenzo Musetti vs Daniel Elahi Galan: Head-to-Head</h3> <p>The pair have previously met on three occasions, with Musetti holding a 3-0 head-to-head lead.</p> <p>Their most relevant meetings both came on clay in 2024: the Italian winning 6-4, 6-1 in Cagliari before, ironically, they met in the first round of the French Open last year: Musetti running out a 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 victor.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Lorenzo Musetti vs Daniel Elahi Galan: Betting Odds</h2> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The<a href="https://www.sportsbet.com.au/betting/tennis/mens-french-open/lorenzo-musetti-v-daniel-elahi-galan-9248182"> Lorenzo Musetti vs Daniel Elahi Galan betting odds</a> have the Italian as a red-hot $1.04 favourite here.</p> <p>Optimistic fans of underdogs can back Galan to cause an almighty upset at $10.00.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Lorenzo Musetti vs Daniel Elahi Galan: Betting Picks</h2> <p>This pair played each other almost exactly one year ago in the same tournament, at the same venue and in the same conditions.</p> <p>Musetti ran out a straight sets victor that day, and the Italian has improved immeasurably since then – he was seeded 30 in 2024, and is now up to number eight, which tells its own story.</p> <p>In his opening match, the Italian won all 13 of his service games – despite a relatively low first serve percentage of 66% - and didn’t face a single break point.</p> <p>Galan, on the other hand, lost six service games in his opener, faced 19 breakpoints and made 58 unforced errors.</p> <p>To offer an indication of how close that match with Royer was, the Colombian only won 52% of the total games played – he scraped past a player ranked outside the ATP top 100.</p> <p>With no disrespect intended, Musetti is several classes above that; it’s hard to see anything other than a straight sets victory.</p> <p>A Same Game Multi of Musetti to win the match, win the first set and win the second set is available at $1.33 – consider adding that to your French Open multiples.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>*Odds correct at 21:00pm AEST 26/5/25</p>