Dave1962

Having lost the opening set in her last match, Gauff needed a tie-break to force the decider, which she won 6-3. If she shows the same battling qualities against Eala, who is ranked twenty-five places lower than her last opponent, Gauff should keep her title hopes alive.

In the two matches that Carlos Alcaraz has played in this tournament, he is yet to drop a set. He has played Karen Khachanov five times before, winning them all, and four of those matches were in straight sets.

If the first stage results of this competition are anything to go by, then Genk appears to have a decent chance of a win. They finished ninth, level on points with the team above them but with a worse goal difference, so never made it through automatically. Dinamo Zagreb got in by the skin of their teeth after finishing twenty-third, with twenty-four teams going through. Genk have won their last two away league games and, prior to that, won their last Europa League away game. Dinamo Zagreb have lost two of their last three Europa League home games.

To add some extra spice to this match, the newly appointed manager of Nottingham Forest used to manage Fenerbahçe. Fenerbahçe play their football in Turkey, so the Forest players will have their work cut out to silence the crowd. Forest have not been in very good form, but in the hope the new manager can bring something to these players and we get the bounce effect, there is every chance Forest can take a lead into the second leg.

Jannik Sinner is the higher-ranked player by fourteen places. He has won his two previous games in straight sets. If he plays to the same level again, he should prove too strong for the Czech player.

Celtic will be looking to keep their improved form going as they welcome VfB Stuttgart, who lost their last away league game and Europa League game. With Celtic winning their last home game and also their last Europa League home game, I'm going for Celtic to get the win.

Viktoria Plzen finished higher in the table than Panathinaikos. They met at Panathinaikos in the first set of this competition and played out a goalless draw after the visitors had been reduced to ten men for the final hour of the game. Viktoria Plzen have won their last three away games, one of which was in the Europa League. The last two home games played by Panathinaikos have seen them draw one and lose one.

Luke Littler has had a slow start to this year's Premier League with just one win from his three matches. He lost last week to MVG by two legs. The last six meetings between these two players have seen each player win three. So there's not much to choose between them, but if Luke Littler starts hitting those 180s, then there's every chance he will go on to win.