{"id":100060,"date":"2026-03-23T09:59:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=100060"},"modified":"2026-03-23T09:59:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:59:05","slug":"atp-miami-best-bets-including-marin-cilic-vs-alexander-zverev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2026\/03\/23\/atp-miami-best-bets-including-marin-cilic-vs-alexander-zverev\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Miami Best Bets Including Marin Cilic vs Alexander Zverev"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ATP Masters 1000 Miami 1\/16-finals keep offering some interesting value angles. Mensik looks like the more consistent option in his matchup, Cilic has the experience and serving to keep things tight against Zverev, and Tabilo\u2019s momentum could be key against a potentially fatigued Michelsen.<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Masters 1000 Miami 1\/16-Finals<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Tiafoe &#8211; Mensik: 23.03.2026 19:00 CEST<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>H2H: 0-1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Frances Tiafoe has won three of his last five matches. This week in Miami, Tiafoe defeated Cazaux in the opening match in straight sets. Last season in Miami, Tiafoe lost to Fils in the third round in three sets.<\/p>\n<p>Jakub Mensik has won three of his last five matches. This week in Miami, Mensik defeated Walton in the opening match in three sets, after losing the opening set 3-6.<\/p>\n<h2>Best Bet to Make<\/h2>\n<p>According to the bookies, Mensik is the slight favourite in this matchup and we agree. Last season in the Davis Cup, Mensik demolished Tiafoe in straight sets. He is more consistent and we expect him to win.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, <strong>Mensik winning is a value bet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Value bet\/ the best odds: Jakub Mensik winning @1.62 @bet365<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cilic &#8211; Zverev: 23.03.2026 21:00 CEST<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>H2H: 1-8<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Marin Cilic has lost three of his last five matches. This will be his fourteenth appearance in Miami. The Croat defeated Popyrin this week in Miami in the opening round in straight sets, saving all six breakpoints. In the second round, Cilic defeated Nakashima in three tight sets after losing the opening set and saving one match point in the deciding set.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Zverev has won four of his last five matches. This week in Miami, Zverev defeated Damm in the opening match in straight sets. Last season in Miami, the German lost to Fils in the fourth round in three tight sets.<\/p>\n<h2>Best Bet to Make<\/h2>\n<p>According to the bookies, Cilic is the heavy underdog in this matchup, but we disagree. Looking at their past two head-to-head meetings, Zverev won both matches in three tight sets. If Cilic serves well, we expect him to keep this match close.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, <strong>Cilic covering the games handicap is a value bet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Value bet\/ the best odds: Marin Cilic +3.5 games handicap @2.25 @bet365<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tabilo &#8211; Michelsen: 23.03.2026 21:00 CEST<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>H2H: first meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alejandro Tabilo has won three of his last five matches.This week in Miami, Tabilo defeated Comesana in the opening round in straight sets. He offered and saved two breakpoints. In the second round, Tabilo upset Rublev in three sets, after losing the opening set.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Michelsen has won four of his last five matches. This week in Miami, Michelsen demolished Bellucci in the opening round in straight sets. In the second round, the American outlasted Norrie in three tight sets after playing for almost three hours.<\/p>\n<h2>Best Bet to Make<\/h2>\n<p>According to the bookies, Tabilo is the slight underdog in this matchup, but we disagree. Tabilo dominated in the second and third sets against Rublev. Michelsen had a three-hour battle against Norrie and his legs will be heavy tonight.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, <strong>Tabilo covering the games handicap is a value bet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Value bet\/ the best odds: Alejandro Tabilo +2.5 games handicap @1.73 @bet365<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ATP Masters 1000 Miami 1\/16-finals keep offering some interesting value angles. Mensik looks like the more consistent option in his matchup, Cilic has the experience and serving to keep things tight against Zverev, and Tabilo\u2019s momentum could be key against a potentially fatigued Michelsen. ATP Masters 1000 Miami 1\/16-Finals Tiafoe &#8211; Mensik: 23.03.2026 19:00 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5045,"featured_media":100063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":true,"sfio_embed_code":"<smartframe-embed customer-id=\"b0c95bc04383cef69c6b47df872135cf\" image-id=\"WmOB95TI3XOf\" style=\"width: 100%;max-width: 5184px;aspect-ratio: 5184\/3456\"><\/smartframe-embed><!-- https:\/\/smartframe.io\/embedding-support -->","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17400],"tags":[10346,18656,85,511,10875,18371,2777,10956,1688,348,18805,50],"class_list":["post-100060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-best-bets","tag-alejandro-tabilo","tag-alex-michelsen","tag-alexander-zverev","tag-andrey-rublev","tag-arthur-cazaux","tag-arthur-fils","tag-atp-miami","tag-brandon-nakashima","tag-cameron-norrie","tag-frances-tiafoe","tag-jakub-mensik","tag-marin-cilic"],"modified_by":"David Barisic","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5045"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100060"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100064,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100060\/revisions\/100064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}