{"id":29543,"date":"2020-10-22T23:07:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T03:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=29543"},"modified":"2020-10-22T23:07:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T03:07:18","slug":"atp-cologne-quarterfinal-predictions-including-gilles-simon-vs-jannik-sinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2020\/10\/22\/atp-cologne-quarterfinal-predictions-including-gilles-simon-vs-jannik-sinner\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Cologne Quarterfinal Predictions Including Gilles Simon vs Jannik Sinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The merry go round continues in Cologne as it&#8217;s the quarterfinals for the second week of tournaments in Germany. Here are your predictions for the bett1Hulks Championships quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gilles Simon vs Jannik Sinner<\/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\/1186587981\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 73.73737% 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\/1186587981?et=y_l5CidGRGFo5V7QQGe1GQ&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=pgDUDI5Q5BX-2l4Y_ViDk-FYzKYC8gojBLEqY-EsZsM=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"438\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A veteran vs a relative newcomer, Sinner is the better player these days but Simon will look to outwit him and grind his way to an upset win. This is their first meeting and I still have Sinner as a clear favorite, he&#8217;s been dominant through two matches, Simon should keep it competitive but his luck won&#8217;t continue. <strong>Sinner in 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alexander Zverev vs Adrian Mannarino<\/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\/1229205260\" 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\/1229205260?et=mtH1I7h9S3R28OvyCZAcUg&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=5K8Lm-ABs66bGAixcgnMH6y3dc88iCXTFBOvhi36C08=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Zverev has won five straight at this venue, and playing at home with a 3-0 h2h record against his veteran opponent he should be able to extend that winning streak. Mannarino can be tricky and he hasn&#8217;t dropped a set this week but Zverev should be able to reach a level that Mannarino simply can&#8217;t match. Zverev also just beat Mannarino at the US Open. <strong>Zverev in 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs Diego Schwartzman<\/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\/1229123884\" 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\/1229123884?et=KTyQsLKPTaBO0ckmw3HKqw&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=G985MRYWY91Bu9oiQjStO2x9z1476X4WfWWI1saLm0Y=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Schwartzman eased past Davidovich Fokina at this year&#8217;s Australian Open. Both players are in excellent form, but Schwartzman likely has a slightly higher ceiling and should use his experience to prevail in a match that tennis fans should really be looking forward to. <strong>Schwartzman in 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yoshihito Nishioka vs Felix Auger Aliassime<\/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\/1277546922\" 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\/1277546922?et=b4-tRI5EQ6B12cZT7Sfhaw&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=v1OCKB9nFY2VLgRP6-q8xmzNdP712KQucOxasrc6GGw=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nishioka hasn&#8217;t lost to FAA and an upset looks to be in the cards here. Auger Aliassime was surprisingly locked into a tight opening match with Egor Gerasimov while Nishioka has already won two matches. The Japanese player isn&#8217;t quite as well known, but he moves well and I&#8217;m not sold on the Canadian&#8217;s form right now. <strong>Nishioka in 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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\/1229163546\" 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\/1229163546?et=zSLd4O6iSX9YknpUSQWAfA&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=OxXo7QrcpVIBA1JvNMe7kjVni0xT4Q2siOaX4YKD-Yk=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The merry go round continues in Cologne as it&#8217;s the quarterfinals for the second week of tournaments in Germany. Here are your predictions for the bett1Hulks Championships quarterfinals. Gilles Simon vs Jannik Sinner Embed from Getty Images A veteran vs a relative newcomer, Sinner is the better player these days but Simon will look to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1442,"featured_media":29546,"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":[3,11519,69],"tags":[12987,12990,1877,5338,12991,85,12087,12799,12829,12986,12813,4657,259,12989,12978,1124,1219,1467,12988,5862,2373,2369,835,12612],"class_list":["post-29543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-atp","category-tennis","category-predictions","tag-2020-atp-cologne","tag-2020-bett1hulks-championships","tag-adrian-mannarino","tag-alejandro-davidovich-fokina","tag-alejandro-davidovich-fokina-vs-diego-schwartzman-prediction","tag-alexander-zverev","tag-alexander-zverev-vs-adrian-mannarino-prediction","tag-atp-cologne","tag-atp-cologne-predictions","tag-atp-cologne-quarterfinal-predictions","tag-atp-picks","tag-atp-predictions","tag-atp-tour","tag-bett1hulks-championships","tag-bett1hulks-championships-predictions","tag-diego-schwartzman","tag-felix-auger-aliassime","tag-gilles-simon","tag-gilles-simon-vs-jannik-sinner-prediction","tag-jannik-sinner","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-yoshihito-nishioka","tag-yoshihito-nishioka-vs-felix-auger-aliassime-prediction"],"modified_by":"Steen Kirby","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29543","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=29543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}