{"id":28759,"date":"2020-09-28T15:55:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T19:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=28759"},"modified":"2020-09-28T15:56:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T19:56:34","slug":"french-open-day-3-predictions-including-roberto-bautista-agut-vs-richard-gasquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2020\/09\/28\/french-open-day-3-predictions-including-roberto-bautista-agut-vs-richard-gasquet\/","title":{"rendered":"French Open Day 3 Predictions Including Roberto Bautista Agut vs Richard Gasquet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/category\/french-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">French Open<\/a> rolls on to day 3, which features Richard Gasquet vs Roberto Bautista Agut in a battle of veterans. Our panel of Steen Kirby and Damian Kust offer their <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/category\/predictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">predictions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roberto Bautista Agut vs Richard Gasquet<\/strong><\/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\/145714562\" 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\/145714562?et=fAo1eCA4TntrNbNUUE8Cew&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=7gPeuVu97bsxBEqPYdZVNiyld0r8GvjW_pRUkyLluEI=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Damian: Clay is not Bautista Agut\u2019s favorite surface and it\u2019s a bit of a shame this match will be played without a huge French crowd in the stands. Gasquet has been declining lately and he\u2019s going to have a hard time punching through the court in these conditions. <strong>Bautista Agut in 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Steen: RBA dominates the h2h and his form is better, without a significant amount of fans in the stands to back Gasquet, the Spaniard should be a relatively strong favorite here against a fading veteran. <strong>Bautista Agut in 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thiago Monteiro vs Nikoloz Basilashvili<\/strong><\/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\/854723382\" 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\/854723382?et=sy8omDiOQFBCYYXMbyMtAg&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=E_TSqc8oV7WX8W21XinQJnr2dAoFquEuf8v_LHCrW1w=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Damian: With all the personal issues and the lack of form, Basilashvili is a pretty generous draw for the Brazilian. He also played very well at a Challenger in Forli last week and should take advantage of that. <strong>Monteiro in 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Steen: I&#8217;m not entirely sure why Basilashvili is still being allowed to play on tour right now, additionally, Monteiro is in solid form, a major contrast to Basilashvili&#8217;s losing record this year. <strong>Monteiro in 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Andrej Martin vs Joao Sousa <\/strong><\/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\/1163946549\" 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\/1163946549?et=91qvpF-jRrhFmdrXJAQD_w&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=CivVKmjaAwT7smw5enxc2CTHo8KiyZF5Yg0EAKzLcew=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Damian: Joao Sousa hasn\u2019t been playing well lately, barely winning matches the whole season. This could be a great chance for him to pick up an important victory as Martin is a decent clay-court specialist, but has little to no experience at this level.<strong> Sousa in 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Steen: Martin leads the h2h and he&#8217;s a little better on clay. Sousa is slightly more accomplished\u00a0 overall, but for this venue I will give Martin a narrow advantage. <strong>Martin in 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Jaume Munar<\/strong><\/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\/1255771918\" 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\/1255771918?et=6T-nilJeSHRxzH-c-nhUMw&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=g4sxDWgJoONAFA7aBliTyxF3AGO2OTGFGn2GSiWhwug=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Damian: It could be tougher than expected but the Greek was good enough in Hamburg to convince me he\u2019ll pull through. His backhand will need to be up to the task though. <strong>Tsitsipas in 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Steen: Munar can challenge Tsitsipas, but even if he does, over best of 5 the Greek should eke out a win, he has the more well rounded and bigger game. <strong>Tsitsipas 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\/1153195273\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 68.181816% 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\/1153195273?et=imb0Mp41RhdI6IyynZqOtQ&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=Tj4o7g8nnVQjyWr8hL2drwDoXbxxsz6h5iK6qALeYm8=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0French Open rolls on to day 3, which features Richard Gasquet vs Roberto Bautista Agut in a battle of veterans. 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