{"id":33459,"date":"2021-03-04T17:13:27","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T22:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=33459"},"modified":"2021-03-04T17:13:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T22:13:27","slug":"atp-rotterdam-quarterfinal-predictions-tsitsipas-khachanov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/03\/04\/atp-rotterdam-quarterfinal-predictions-tsitsipas-khachanov\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Rotterdam Quarterfinal Predictions Including Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Karen Khachanov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I honestly don\u2019t know where to start with this event at times. With such a star studded field it\u2019s incredible to think that only two seeds have ended up making the ATP Rotterdam quarterfinal round. What happens next no one knows, but what\u2019s for sure is the top half of the draw with no seeds remaining is a great chance for several names to be in Sunday\u2019s final.<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Rotterdam Quarterfinal Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Jeremy Chardy vs Andrey Rublev<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: Rublev 2-1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Chardy\u2019s week so far has been just like this career, up and down. After barely surviving against compatriot Humber in the first round being down match points he then backed it up against last week\u2019s Montpellier champion David Goffin in two tiebreaks. What\u2019s not just impressive besides the fact he got another win was the manner of the performance, he was outstanding and the best I\u2019ve seen from the Frenchman in years. Goffin hit 20 winners in the two sets to just 11 unforced errors and ended up losing, that alone is insane to think.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s weird to think that <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/02\/12\/andrey-rublev-grand-slam-glory\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Rublev<\/a> is the World #8 and still only 23 years of age. For all his great results it\u2019s always felt that he\u2019s been heavily shadowed by fellow youngsters Zverev, Medvedev, and Tsitsipas. The Russian looked insanely impressive in a 7-5 6-2 win against former world #1 Andy Murray on Wednesday in which the Brit played a great opening set.<\/p>\n<p>If both men play at the level they did in their second round match we could be in for a pure treat of aggressive baselining, short rallies and tons of winners. Right now though given he\u2019s come off an ATP Cup win and an Australian Open quarter-final, Rublev has to be the favorite.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Rublev in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"6mGwlg24T6NJ99_wnl_lNg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1305209434\" 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:'6mGwlg24T6NJ99_wnl_lNg',sig:'4TeAh1JHf_gr2M1_C6FmcvPUoHcpmc13sFog1yCiIhc=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1305209434',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Borna Coric vs Kei Nishikori<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: Nishikori 1-0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Expect a lot of long rallies with two counterpunchers at it on an indoor hardcourt that\u2019s more or less as slow as can be. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/03\/03\/kei-nishikori-this-weeks-player-to-watch-march-3-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Nishikori\u2019s surprised a lot of people<\/a> this week, beating seventh seed Auger-Aliassime in the first round and then backing it up on against the upcoming De Minaur. If anything it\u2019s the first time in almost two years we\u2019ve seen the Japanese look fully fit and play at a high level.<\/p>\n<p>Coric on the other hand has had a friendly draw on paper up until the quarters. It wasn\u2019t a convincing round one performance but against Serbian Lajovic on Thursday night the level from the Croatian was a huge level up and what will be required against someone of Nishikori\u2019s calibre.<\/p>\n<p>I think for someone like Nishikori who\u2019s still getting used to making it far in ATP events and playing several matches a week, the day he had off on Thursday will be a huge help after the long match against De Minaur. For that reason alone I have a fair amount of faith in Nishikori producing a high level of tennis and taking this one.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Nishikori in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Js75hGHySUxSKgkiaAw-sw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1305210309\" 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:'Js75hGHySUxSKgkiaAw-sw',sig:'Pr8vervrI4KE6dMn5VyCynRj5Xn7Gz3h8oQ3o6qbMvs=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1305210309',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Marton Fucsovics vs Tommy Paul<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: Fucsovics 1-0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two men not a lot of people expected to make the final eight in Rotterdam both feature in the last quarterfinal we\u2019ll cover, and it\u2019s a huge chance for both men. Tommy Paul has come a long way the past few years and is now close to the top 50 but despite all that he\u2019s never made an ATP Tour level semifinal.<\/p>\n<p>The problem in his way, however, is Marton Fucsovics. After an epic first round win against Opelka he breezed through <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2019\/05\/03\/alejandro-davidovich-fokina-unconventional-spaniard\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Davidovich Fokina<\/a> in the second round and is looking in great form. Fucsovics is the type of player which Paul may struggle the most with, he won\u2019t give the American much to feed off on and ultimately it\u2019s hard to see the 23 year old outplaying the now fairly experienced Hungarian off the ground for a few sets.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Fucsovics in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"HQUISc-vT_lJXZRNIz6jxw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1304819288\" 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:'HQUISc-vT_lJXZRNIz6jxw',sig:'sC8r4fSehuW6qTZXTjLfYVyfiIytAl8YDexIqDs6ijY=',w:'594px',h:'408px',items:'1304819288',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Karen Khachanov vs Stefanos Tsitsipas<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: Tsitsipas 2-0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Without a doubt the most interesting match of the last eight is between Khachanov and Tsitsipas. While the Russian has looked impressive in his two straight sets wins so far against Wawrinka and Norrie, the Greek was pushed more than he would have liked against 28 year old Gerasimov in the first round and then to 7-5 in the final set against Hurkacz in the second round.<\/p>\n<p>The good thing for Tsitsipas is he looked great at the end of his second round match, upping his game massively when needed to break in the final game. He\u2019s going to need more of that with Khachanov playing a similar style of tennis to Hurkacz, but if anything he\u2019s already had the perfect preparation for the quarterfinal. I expect Khachanov to keep up his good form&#8211;which is great to see, as we haven\u2019t seen it often in the last few years&#8211;but still think Tsitsipas will extend their head-to-head to three wins to nothing here.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Tsitsipas in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I honestly don\u2019t know where to start with this event at times. With such a star studded field it\u2019s incredible to think that only two seeds have ended up making the ATP Rotterdam quarterfinal round. What happens next no one knows, but what\u2019s for sure is the top half of the draw with no seeds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":33341,"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":[511,14487,4650,346,14588,3187,12005,844,14583,146,3692,10527,304,2373,2369,1635],"class_list":["post-33459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-andrey-rublev","tag-atp-abn-amro-world-tennis-tournament-predictions","tag-atp-rotterdam-predictions","tag-borna-coric","tag-borna-coric-vs-kei-nishikori-prediction","tag-jeremy-chardy","tag-jeremy-chardy-vs-andrey-rublev-prediction","tag-karen-khachanov","tag-karen-khachanov-vs-stefanos-tsitsipas-prediction","tag-kei-nishikori","tag-marton-fucsovics","tag-marton-fucsovics-vs-tommy-paul-prediction","tag-stefanos-tsitsipas","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-tommy-paul"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33459","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\/666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}