{"id":31644,"date":"2021-01-31T09:03:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T14:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=31644"},"modified":"2021-02-01T22:38:05","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T03:38:05","slug":"atp-great-ocean-road-open-day-1-predictions-lopez-anderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/01\/31\/atp-great-ocean-road-open-day-1-predictions-lopez-anderson\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Great Ocean Road Open Day 1 Predictions Including Feliciano Lopez vs Kevin Anderson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In what will be one of the most confusing tennis weeks to follow ever, a total of six tour-level events will be played at one venue. One of them is the ATP Great Ocean Road Open which starts on Monday with nine first-round singles matches to look forward to. Who do you think will come out on top? We predict eight of Monday&#8217;s nine matches&#8211;four in this article, four in a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/01\/31\/atp-great-ocean-road-open-day-1-predictions-caruso-seppi\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">second article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Great Ocean Road Open Day 1 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Kamil Majchrzak vs Laslo Djere<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> Djere 1-0<\/p>\n<p>Laslo Djere prioritizes playing on clay and doesn&#8217;t own a great hard court record on the ATP circuit. While Kamil Majchrzak&#8217;s progress has stalled a bit recently, the Pole showed that his ceiling is higher than that in the Australian summer before, taking Kei Nishikori to five sets at the Australian Open. With Djere&#8217;s fitness also under a question mark after a retirement in his only match this year, this should be Majchrzak&#8217;s match to lose.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Majchrzak in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Elg1OMvSQ7Z9aCotPG6LSQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1229141799\" 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:'Elg1OMvSQ7Z9aCotPG6LSQ',sig:'1oLXisK1dYJ5fAdn-1MR6AYSK0DE7nAOruWrlZXaJNg=',w:'395px',h:'594px',items:'1229141799',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Yasutaka Uchiyama vs Aljaz Bedene<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> First meeting<\/p>\n<p>Yasutaka Uchiyama has been very unconvincing recently, winning just once in his past nine matches. The Japanese&#8217;s ranking is heavily inflated by his 2019 efforts and it&#8217;s been some time since he&#8217;s been a dangerous force. Meanwhile, Bedene remains an extremely solid player who keeps improving while staying under the radar. The Slovenian&#8217;s serve has been great recently and with a style like his, getting a lot of free points is vital.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Bedene in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"qwJqEjofTMVgHtKxJ-b0eg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1229197952\" 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:'qwJqEjofTMVgHtKxJ-b0eg',sig:'wvJuRD9N-Ccmb2fB616bGt8_je_hktFNKLMUqPfZO9I=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1229197952',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Roberto Carballes Baena vs Stefano Travaglia<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> 1-1<\/p>\n<p>They have never faced each other on hard courts so it will be a bit of unknown territory. While both players are extremely fast and cover the court well, Travaglia should have a lot more to say on the offensive side. He&#8217;s also much more versatile than Carballes Baena, who doesn&#8217;t possess quite the same repertoire of shots. Unless the Spaniard&#8217;s counterpunching makes Travaglia overhit a lot, he should be the one to come out on top.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Travaglia in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Ai30u8NqRxtchVZWMAkHbQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1285289931\" 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:'Ai30u8NqRxtchVZWMAkHbQ',sig:'mgAguRlb3I1tciWt8A71b5aKGUZFd2VVJXy-yN6w8H4=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1285289931',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Feliciano Lopez vs Kevin Anderson<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> Anderson 4-0<\/p>\n<p>A rather curious head-to-head record that Feliciano Lopez might have his best chance at changing here. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2018\/07\/19\/kevin-anderson-top-five\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Kevin Anderson<\/a> has shown glimpses of his past self in a semifinal run at Vienna last year, but his past two losses ended in retirements. The South African has a significant power advantage,\u00a0especially over Lopez&#8217;s almost slice-heavy backhand wing. Lopez&#8217;s chance is to force Anderson to hit from low positions, make him bend his knees. For his height, Anderson actually does that pretty well and if healthy, he looks like a considerable favorite here.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Anderson in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In what will be one of the most confusing tennis weeks to follow ever, a total of six tour-level events will be played at one venue. One of them is the ATP Great Ocean Road Open which starts on Monday with nine first-round singles matches to look forward to. 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