{"id":34009,"date":"2021-03-16T00:24:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T04:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=34009"},"modified":"2021-04-08T22:06:28","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T02:06:28","slug":"atp-dubai-day-3-predictions-nishikori-goffin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/03\/16\/atp-dubai-day-3-predictions-nishikori-goffin\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Dubai Day 3 Predictions Including Kei Nishikori vs David Goffin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 3 at the ATP Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships should be an incredible day of tennis. With 15 matches, we&#8217;re here to predict all of them for four. There are four great ones in this article, but we have more. We also have predictions for the rest of the day&#8217;s matches, in three other sets. One features Pablo Carreno Busta vs Marton Fucsovics, another headlines Roberto Bautista Agut vs Matthew Ebden, and the last features <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/03\/16\/atp-dubai-day-3-predictions-nishikori-goffin\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Kei Nishikori vs David Goffin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>ATP Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Day 3 Predictions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4>Richard Gasquet vs Hubert Hurkacz<\/h4>\n<p>Gasquet can play well when he&#8217;s healthy, but that&#8217;s always a bit of an open question nowadays. Hurkacz, meanwhile, is a bright talent who hasn&#8217;t quite found his consistency yet. I think that Gasquet will make it through, but it&#8217;s never a safe pick with the Frenchman. His health and ability to play well is never guaranteed anymore, unfortunately.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Gasquet in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"DxPQeyjwSJ53cdQgIOa_gg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1307212915\" target=\"_blank\" 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:'DxPQeyjwSJ53cdQgIOa_gg',sig:'2Lqtbd8TZse-FZYQ9H4-M2WVnMf_w3Stw9uG4P0USaw=',w:'594px',h:'371px',items:'1307212915',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Emil Ruusuvuori vs Andrey Rublev<\/h4>\n<p>Ruusuvuori is a young talent who has been <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2020\/06\/19\/pandemic-stops-emil-ruusuvuori-milestone\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">making waves recently<\/a>. He hasn&#8217;t quite played as well since returning from the pandemic as he did before then, but he&#8217;s a rising player. Unfortunately for him, Andrey Rublev has already risen. The young Russian will be <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/01\/23\/andrey-rublev-rising-star\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">a threat to win Majors<\/a> for the foreseeable future, and he&#8217;ll make his way through here.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Rublev in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"StDBluYaSIxBIqOnFZbbcg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1306687525\" target=\"_blank\" 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:'StDBluYaSIxBIqOnFZbbcg',sig:'eezkIxO_xPBx5HWHqBFQZZzqWEXIf-ppVQIv5K4nyLM=',w:'594px',h:'351px',items:'1306687525',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Dominic Thiem vs Lloyd Harris<\/h4>\n<p>Harris can play and serve well, which means he can be involved in any match. He doesn&#8217;t bring his best every match, though, and his absolute best is what is needed to beat a player like Thiem. The Austrian should power his way through this one.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Thiem in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Kei Nishikori vs David Goffin<\/h4>\n<p>This should be an amazing match. Goffin is a great player who hasn&#8217;t quite been at his best in recent months. Nishikori, meanwhile, is an elite talent who is just <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/03\/03\/kei-nishikori-this-weeks-player-to-watch-march-3-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">finding his form again<\/a> as he returns from many injuries. It will be tough to predict, but I do think the Japanese gets through this, as he adjusts to his revamped serve.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Nishikori in 3<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 3 at the ATP Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships should be an incredible day of tennis. With 15 matches, we&#8217;re here to predict all of them for four. There are four great ones in this article, but we have more. 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