{"id":23221,"date":"2020-01-19T00:55:25","date_gmt":"2020-01-19T05:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/?p=23221"},"modified":"2020-04-11T15:14:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T19:14:16","slug":"australian-open-day-1-predictions-including-fabio-fognini-vs-reilly-opelka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2020\/01\/19\/australian-open-day-1-predictions-including-fabio-fognini-vs-reilly-opelka\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open Day 1 Predictions Including Fabio Fognini vs Reilly Opelka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 1 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordontennis.com\/australian-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australian Open<\/a> is always worth tuning in for. Milos Raonic, Fabio Fognini and Reilly Opelka are some of the entertaining players who are set to play their round 1 matches. Yesh Ginsburg and Damian Kust offer their predictions.<\/p>\n<h3>Milos Raonic vs Radu Albot<\/h3>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1199386675\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.66667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/1199386675?et=BTy9Lq6eSJdl-Zg1YdUxpg&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=bT5R_EeTwV37PULOKOMIShu15OBOVzB8KoZsYYzso6s=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Damian: Unlucky for Raonic to get one of the most dangerous unseeded floaters in the draw. Albot is an epitome of consistency and we\u2019ve seen in Doha that the Canadian is not yet where he would like to be with his game. Bear in mind though that Raonic has historically done very well Down Under. Should be a fun match. <strong>Albot in 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yesh: Albot had the best year of his career in 2019, and Raonic is still looking for his top form. The big serve and the fast surface should get the Canadian through, though. <strong>Raonic in 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>John Millman vs Ugo Humbert<\/h3>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1199843959\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 62.96296% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/1199843959?et=BF_drUVwRU5OXZbZkTnujw&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=Y4XFqnIpgPvQdTbgCbPApB_wWo7hM01RRGl_rB3UJSQ=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"374\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Damian: I expect Humbert to disappoint after a brilliant week in Auckland. Millman is a tough competitor, who should thrive under the influence of the roaring crowd. If there\u2019s any stiffness in Humbert\u2019s legs, Millman will be there to take advantage.<strong> Millman in 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yesh: Humbert is playing really well and picked up the best wins of his career last week. He&#8217;s riding momentum and coming off his first ATP title, and should move on here. <strong>Humbert in 3\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Fabio Fognini vs Reilly Opelka<\/h3>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1174670350\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.66667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/1174670350?et=fixrSHAqR5FJJIVGhyTiRw&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=Fa-a0sALs1hlGdSO8tZEJD7PxyciGkY-HzR6_Mwo_OU=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Damian: Fognini is like the famous box of chocolates, you never know what you\u2019re going to get. There\u2019s one thing sure with Opelka though &#8211; the big serve will hurt you and if there are any lapses in the Italian\u2019s concentration, the American might quickly run away with it. <strong>Opelka in 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yesh: Fognini struggles against big servers, but he has beaten Opelka before. I think the Italian is in good enough form to find a way through this match, but it&#8217;s never easy against someone like Opelka.<strong> Fognini in 5\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Yoshihito Nishioka vs Laslo Djere<\/h3>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1198979764\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.66667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/1198979764?et=ruONbM-ZQRp1i_4euDgP3w&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=iTL_mRWhepahkXgCOX1vP3kYnQeD-g348Drzkn0VIqc=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Damian: I\u2019m not sure what to think of Nishioka\u2019s early retirement at the Bendigo Challenger. The Japanese was brilliant at the ATP Cup, easily taking down Basilashvili and Cuevas and pushing Nadal very close. Provided he is injury-free, I wouldn\u2019t give Djere much of a chance here. <strong>Nishioka in 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yesh: Nishioka has been playing pretty solid tennis recently, crushing Pablo Cuevas and Nikoloz Basilashvili, and even pushing Rafael Nadal at the ATP Cup. Djere might challenge him, but expect Nishioka to move through. <strong>Nishioka in 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1199572124\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 64.14142% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/1199572124?et=Ct74v8CjTetVXu2IUB_J1g&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=tmkrRSbBxrc_MxHmP4dYrSHEBGJdxLs72K3_65quNO4=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"381\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 1 at the Australian Open is always worth tuning in for. Milos Raonic, Fabio Fognini and Reilly Opelka are some of the entertaining players who are set to play their round 1 matches. Yesh Ginsburg and Damian Kust offer their predictions. Milos Raonic vs Radu Albot Embed from Getty Images Damian: Unlucky for Raonic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1442,"featured_media":23225,"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":[69],"tags":[9234,205,2391,2363,354,10386,1859,10388,4775,20,10387,4631,19,3638,835,10389],"class_list":["post-23221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-2020-australian-open","tag-australian-open","tag-australian-open-day-1","tag-australian-open-predictions","tag-fabio-fognini","tag-fabio-fognini-vs-reilly-opelka-predictions","tag-john-millman","tag-john-millman-vs-ugo-humbert-prediction","tag-laslo-djere","tag-milos-raonic","tag-milos-raonic-vs-radu-albot-prediction","tag-radu-albot","tag-reilly-opelka","tag-ugo-humbert","tag-yoshihito-nishioka","tag-yoshihito-nishioka-vs-laslo-djere-prediction"],"modified_by":"Ben Kerr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23221","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\/1442"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}