{"id":18042,"date":"2019-07-28T23:09:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T03:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=18042"},"modified":"2019-07-29T08:50:08","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T12:50:08","slug":"los-cabos-day-1-predictions-lucas-gomez-granollers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2019\/07\/28\/los-cabos-day-1-predictions-lucas-gomez-granollers\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Cabos Day 1 Predictions Including Lucas Gomez vs Marcel Granollers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 1 at the Los Cabos Open features local wild card Lucas Gomez in action against Marcel Granollers. It should be a great week of tennis in Mexico as the hardcourt swing heats up before the <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/us-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US Open<\/a> next month.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Prajnesh Gunneswaran vs John Millman<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>H2H- First Meeting<\/strong><br \/>\nPrajnesh Gunneswaran has struggled to find form as of late. The Indian has lost four consecutive matches dating back to the Antalya Open. His luck doesn&#8217;t get any better here going up against talented Australian John Millman. The Aussie typically does a good job beating players he should beat. Look for him to advance to the second round.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Millman in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Gw7qgXSMSXR9t2hPhixvew\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1083188436\" target=\"_blank\" 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:'Gw7qgXSMSXR9t2hPhixvew',sig:'gY-LPBAXGv0afb2ow7UKf3bFXzezs4zKrNQ2eSI808s=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1083188436',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Thanasi Kokkinakis vs Maxime Janvier<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>H2H- First Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If Thanasi Kokkinakis can complete the match without any injuries that should be considered a win. The 23-year-old Australian hasn&#8217;t had much luck in his career in regards to staying injury-free. He&#8217;s entering the tournament via wild card as he&#8217;s had success in Los Cabos in the past, reaching the finals in 2017. If Kokkinakis is fit, he shouldn&#8217;t have any issues here against Janvier. The Frenchman had a tough match Sunday night, defeating Egor Gerasimov to qualify, but I think Kokkinakis wins this one.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Kokkinakis in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"wwfbFYk6S5J2aBwfCSnCMA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1092403276\" target=\"_blank\" 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:'wwfbFYk6S5J2aBwfCSnCMA',sig:'MxZdSrlMKMd1NzYlx8ibsS5vvxtMFiW9_4PsIxwp_Ew=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1092403276',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Mikhail Kukushkin vs Damir Dzumhur<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>H2H- Dzumhur leads 3-0<\/strong><br \/>\nI was a little surprised to see the H2H so one-sided, as both of these players are pretty even in terms of talent. Dzumhur has done decently in Los Cabos in the past with a 5-2 record in his two appearances at the Los Cabos Open. I&#8217;d give a slight edge to Kukushkin here as Dzumhur played on clay in Bastad after <a href=\"http:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/wimbledon\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wimbledon<\/a>, while Kukushkin hasn&#8217;t played since reaching the Round of 16 at the All-England Club.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Kukushkin in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"j5lmFyg8Scdqi5lLLxnM4g\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1156936614\" target=\"_blank\" 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:'j5lmFyg8Scdqi5lLLxnM4g',sig:'HHYndLyRyvGTAk5qnpDFKUUmWhYV4vGCzvkqKm_3EZw=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1156936614',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Ernests Gulbis vs Jason Jung<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>H2H- First Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ernests Gulbis is coming into this match on an eight-match losing streak. The Latvian hasn&#8217;t been able to record a win since defeating Yoshihito Nishioka the week before Roland Garros. Gulbis is the more talented of the two players here, but his confidence is at an all-time low right now. Jung, on the other hand, is in form after winning two matches to qualify in Mexico. If Gulbis is going to get pick up a win, this match seems like an ideal place to start. I think the Latvian finally picks up a win.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Gulbis in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"11ZxNEG6R05yyfAv-lnsiQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1151772264\" target=\"_blank\" 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:'11ZxNEG6R05yyfAv-lnsiQ',sig:'2ihEQVQy7IKYSAG_zvdJ0Pip3SGPj05cr0hgH45SL5M=',w:'396px',h:'594px',items:'1151772264',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Lucas Gomez vs Marcel Granollers <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>H2H- First Meeting<\/strong><br \/>\nThis will be a big opportunity to wild card Lucas Gomez. Gomez comes in ranked #491 as he looks for his first Top 100 win on tour. Easy tour-level wins don&#8217;t come often; I don&#8217;t think Marcel Granollers lets this opportunity slip away. He wins very comfortably.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Granollers in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"sdNn3YlwSiRVo41NpgyqEA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1052635796\" target=\"_blank\" 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:'sdNn3YlwSiRVo41NpgyqEA',sig:'0VvrnOfv04pdM7UsLInxjM1D4DgRIfrdQNhIHrUPKcE=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1052635796',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>Day 1 at the Los Cabos Open features local wild card Lucas Gomez in action against Marcel Granollers. It should be a great week of tennis in Mexico as the hardcourt swing heats up before the US Open next month. Prajnesh Gunneswaran vs John Millman H2H- First Meeting Prajnesh Gunneswaran has struggled to find form [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2115,"featured_media":18046,"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":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[69,3],"tags":[4657,2182,2330,7663,1859,7657,7659,7660,3642,6006,4660,7661,4105,7662,2369,1658,7664],"class_list":["post-18042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","category-atp","tag-atp-predictions","tag-damir-dzumhur","tag-ernests-gulbis","tag-ernests-gulbis-vs-jason-jung-prediction","tag-john-millman","tag-los-cabos-open","tag-lucas-gomez","tag-lucas-gomez-vs-marcel-granollers-prediction","tag-marcel-granollers","tag-maxime-janvier","tag-mikhail-kukushkin","tag-mikhail-kukushkin-vs-damir-dzumhur-prediction","tag-prajnesh-gunneswaran","tag-prajnesh-gunneswaran-vs-john-millman-prediction","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-thanasi-kokkinakis","tag-thanasi-kokkinakis-vs-maxime-janvier-prediction"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18042","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\/2115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}