{"id":13610,"date":"2019-04-22T01:15:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T05:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=13610"},"modified":"2019-04-22T01:15:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T05:15:15","slug":"atp-budapest-day-1-predictions-including-andreas-seppi-vs-filip-krajinovic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2019\/04\/22\/atp-budapest-day-1-predictions-including-andreas-seppi-vs-filip-krajinovic\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Budapest Day 1 Predictions Including Andreas Seppi vs Filip Krajinovic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the conclusion to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2019\/04\/20\/fognini-dethrones-the-king\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">the strangest Monte-Carlo Masters we\u2019ve seen in recent years<\/a> is the first European ATP 250 event of the year on clay. Last year\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/french-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roland Garros<\/a> semi-finalist Marco Cecchinato will attempt to defend his title. He is joined by World #12 Marin Cilic&#8211;who is hoping to turn around what has so far been a horrible season. <\/p>\n<h2>ATP Budapest Day 1 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h3>Matteo Berrettini vs Mikhail Kukushkin<\/h3>\n<p>The 23-year-old Italian has had most of his success on clay <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2017\/08\/15\/matteo-berrettini-an-underrated-next-gen-talent\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">in his young career so far<\/a>, with his only title and best Slam result coming on the surface. Kukushkin, on the other hand, has struggled to make an impact on the surface his whole career. Expect Berrettini to find some form this week leading into the bigger clay events coming up and repeat his win over Kukushkin last month in the Phoenix Challenger final.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Berrettini in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"sj9xHcwZTCpc550Lhiueag\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1142651731\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'sj9xHcwZTCpc550Lhiueag',sig:'N5D1td5ANtchaW8ln5Vv8ysBoNdFtVZ6pEZZt2d8vys=',w:'458px',h:'594px',items:'1142651731',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<p>Bernard Tomic vs Aljaz Bedene<\/h3>\n<p>Tomic might not be the player he once was but that doesn\u2019t change the fact he\u2019s still playing better than he was 12 months ago, or even a few years back. Unfortunately for him, the Australian only finds himself with three ATP main draw wins this season. On the other hand, the Slovenian only has six himself, but with all coming on the clay. This could be close and not pretty, but I expect the man with the slightly better season so far to take it.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Bedene in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"4vNV-RodRINw2yKOiisrVA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1126313225\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'4vNV-RodRINw2yKOiisrVA',sig:'GN6Q-EakfKTAQEQW5lW6jehriYje5cT0ujDZQrFgkxE=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1126313225',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Radu Albot vs Sergiy Stakhovsky<\/h3>\n<p>At 29 years old, Radu Albot has had a breakout season out of nowhere. From winning his <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2019\/02\/24\/dan-evans-falls-to-radu-albot-delray-beach-final\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">maiden title at Delray Beach in February<\/a> he backed it up by pushing 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer in Miami, to the shock of many. His opponent, lucky loser Stakhovsky (now mainly an ATP Challenger Tour player) can\u2019t say the same with all his big successes happening many moons go. This is a nice opening round for Albot and one he will win.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Albot in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"6D24L8mkQCZmybBot_CRXg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1137847962\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'6D24L8mkQCZmybBot_CRXg',sig:'YP2I1ydpZ1HelyEYuTd2mVR-dhG8Wge5MjekLncQqE0=',w:'465px',h:'594px',items:'1137847962',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Andreas Seppi vs Filip Krajinovic<\/h3>\n<p>The Serbian Krajinovic has had a weird season so far. Coming back from all the injuries that have plagued his career thus far, he\u2019s somewhat had a successful comeback. Unfortunately for him, he\u2019s still ranked outside the Top 100, but at this rate that will surely change. With the Italian without a single win in over two months, it\u2019s the perfect chance for Krajinovic to gain some points and aid his quest in rejoining the Top 100.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Krajinovic in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"z9pD1ALTQjlGUBf9BIVDqw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1127566329\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'z9pD1ALTQjlGUBf9BIVDqw',sig:'u4t5DRyehVC1hndptGlsQDLthy8hUkK47R7GsSx5Wzo=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1127566329',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the conclusion to the strangest Monte-Carlo Masters we\u2019ve seen in recent years is the first European ATP 250 event of the year on clay. Last year\u2019s Roland Garros semi-finalist Marco Cecchinato will attempt to defend his title. He is joined by World #12 Marin Cilic&#8211;who is hoping to turn around what has so far [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":13613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_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":[3,69],"tags":[1067,597,5515,366,2203,5516,1694,4660,4631,2373,2369],"class_list":["post-13610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-atp","category-predictions","tag-aljaz-bedene","tag-andreas-seppi","tag-atp-budapest-predictions","tag-bernard-tomic","tag-filip-krajinovic","tag-hungary-open-predictions","tag-matteo-berrettini","tag-mikhail-kukushkin","tag-radu-albot","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13610","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\/666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}