{"id":33909,"date":"2021-03-14T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T05:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=33909"},"modified":"2021-03-14T00:37:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T05:37:26","slug":"atp-dubai-day-1-predictions-karatsev-gerasimov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/03\/14\/atp-dubai-day-1-predictions-karatsev-gerasimov\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Dubai Day 1 Predictions Including Aslan Karatsev vs Egor Gerasimov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After an incredible week of women&#8217;s tennis in Dubai, it&#8217;s the men&#8217;t turn to follow for the ATP Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. The main draw kicks off Sunday with six matches, and we&#8217;re predicting them all for you. We have three of the matches in this article, and three more in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/03\/14\/atp-dubai-day-1-predictions-nishikori-opelka\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">a second article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Dubai Duty Free Championships Day 1 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Alexei Popyrin vs Dennis Novak<\/h4>\n<p>Novak is a solid player who gets decent results against Challenger-level competition, but Popyrin is rising. The Australian <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/02\/28\/alexei-popyrin-stock-rising-fast\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">won in Singapore last month<\/a> and should be a consistent threat on the ATP Tour&#8211;and a 500 event with a good entry list is just the place to show it. Popyrin should cruise.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Poyrin in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Pn5Uk0xgRKxSMAkvlRJ_NA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1304510968\" 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:'Pn5Uk0xgRKxSMAkvlRJ_NA',sig:'5marr3pR6xNbFA7myBWm2ZD8DwOKqjG900bKQ8IsfiM=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1304510968',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Alexander Bublik vs Yoshihito Nishioka<\/h4>\n<p>Nishioka is a consistently solid player, though he hasn&#8217;t quite been his usual self this year. Either way he&#8217;d have trouble with a player like Bublik, who is both <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/03\/03\/alexander-bublik-underrated-maverick\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">a talented shotmaker<\/a> and finding his form now. Bublik is <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/03\/09\/alexander-bublik-this-weeks-player-to-watch-march-10-16\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">a player to watch<\/a> on Tour, and don&#8217;t miss him in Dubai. He&#8217;ll be around for more than one match.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Bublik in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"XmGjbyU9QQRiQX6u8SpdvA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1305964772\" 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:'XmGjbyU9QQRiQX6u8SpdvA',sig:'C0w52Yk28aMgdrJawJcwtsbCKoD0_S92gTuHJ7lO9_A=',w:'594px',h:'383px',items:'1305964772',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Aslan Karatsev vs Egor Gerasimov<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/02\/17\/who-is-aslan-karatsev\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Aslan Karatsev has been a revelation<\/a> this season. With his <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/02\/13\/aslan-karatsev-remarkable-rise\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">miracle run at the Australian Open<\/a>, he announced to the tennis world that he was here to compete. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/02\/15\/rise-russian-tennis\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">The Russian<\/a> hasn&#8217;t quite found those levels again, but he&#8217;s been more than good enough to hold on own in ATP-level matches. Gerasimov should be a good challenge, but I expect Karatsev to rise to it.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Karatsev in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After an incredible week of women&#8217;s tennis in Dubai, it&#8217;s the men&#8217;t turn to follow for the ATP Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. The main draw kicks off Sunday with six matches, and we&#8217;re predicting them all for you. We have three of the matches in this article, and three more in a second article. 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