{"id":34761,"date":"2021-04-07T18:54:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T22:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=34761"},"modified":"2021-04-07T18:54:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T22:54:55","slug":"atp-marbella-day-4-predictions-alcaraz-lopez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/04\/07\/atp-marbella-day-4-predictions-alcaraz-lopez\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Marbella Day 4 Predictions Including Carlos Alcaraz vs Feliciano Lopez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second round will be completed on Thursday at the 2021 ATP Andalucia Open in Marbella, Spain. The very interesting line-up includes an all-Spanish battle where one player is an astonishing 22 years older than his opponent. Who will make it to the quarterfinals?<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Marbella Day 4 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs Ilya Ivashka<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head<\/strong>: First meeting<\/p>\n<p>Ilya Ivashka usually doesn&#8217;t play on clay much and the Belorussian outperformed the expectations when he made the second round over Pedro Martinez. Doing it again seems extremely unlikely though. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2019\/05\/03\/alejandro-davidovich-fokina-unconventional-spaniard\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Alejandro Davidovich Fokina<\/a> played two great sets in his opening round and having grown up on the surface, he knows way better how to utilize its characteristics.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Davidovich Fokina in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"OvkQmetsRWF4RhcqJ89m0g\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1305210235\" 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:'OvkQmetsRWF4RhcqJ89m0g',sig:'ycjsI95WcCzEYp0DUSMolgStyj-F4TWZFMAsfIk7QQ4=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1305210235',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Jaume Munar vs Fabio Fognini<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> 1-1<\/p>\n<p>Jaume Munar has been really dominant on the Challenger circuit this year and currently owns a 13-2 win\/loss record there. It&#8217;s been a challenge to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2019\/05\/27\/jaume-munar-aggressive-mindset\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">transfer that form to the main tour<\/a> but the Spaniard might be set for a few deep runs during the European clay season. You never quite know what you&#8217;re going to get with Fabio Fognini and if red-lining, the Italian could expose Munar&#8217;s inability to push the opponent off the baseline. It seems more likely though that the Spaniard&#8217;s impressive consistency might see him through. Munar took their only clay court meeting in Buenos Aires two years ago.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Munar in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"FR7A00LXTn5R_jNx8ZE0rg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1231540318\" 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:'FR7A00LXTn5R_jNx8ZE0rg',sig:'UGXQlBnJ5nWzb2GLeZ6d95I2Qbdc-gc8dcooo8RD3dU=',w:'594px',h:'428px',items:'1231540318',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Gianluca Mager vs Casper Ruud<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:\u00a0<\/strong>Mager 1-0<\/p>\n<p>Both players perform their best on clay and it will be a real battle of who gets to dominate from the ground. Gianluca Mager plays with a level of aggression that you rarely see on this surface while Casper Ruud will try to lead the way with his huge topspin forehand. The Italian won their only head-to-head meeting in Rio last year and he&#8217;s also coming off a title at Marbella Challenger, held at the same venue last week. Ruud&#8217;s form is a lot more uncertain with zero matches on clay in 2021 and a recent retirement at Acapulco. All the match practice and time on the court in Marbella could be a huge asset for Mager here.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Mager in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"GOl0C5nfTv9dJmGpGoeujg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1231514836\" 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:'GOl0C5nfTv9dJmGpGoeujg',sig:'c6ITFNGfMd3s7ETSN8Mmz0yH8aEAza_QeDMevIsu5eU=',w:'594px',h:'432px',items:'1231514836',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Carlos Alcaraz vs Feliciano Lopez<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> First meeting<\/p>\n<p>A battle between representatives of two different generations of Spanish tennis, Carlos Alcaraz being 22 years younger than Feliciano Lopez. The up-and-coming youngster has been making headlines in the tennis world since he was a kid and coached by Juan Carlos Ferrero, he is thought to be a future Grand Slam champion. He&#8217;s not quite there yet but he should be able to win this one. Feliciano Lopez is one of the rare Spaniards who don&#8217;t perform that well on this surface, mostly due to an attacking playstyle and lacking a reliable backhand outside of the slice, which is less effective on clay. He also shouldn&#8217;t be able to expose Alcaraz&#8217;s weak second serve.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Alcaraz in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second round will be completed on Thursday at the 2021 ATP Andalucia Open in Marbella, Spain. The very interesting line-up includes an all-Spanish battle where one player is an astonishing 22 years older than his opponent. Who will make it to the quarterfinals? ATP Marbella Day 4 Predictions Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs Ilya Ivashka [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2968,"featured_media":29448,"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":[5338,15291,15167,15166,5729,15288,811,354,15290,449,8885,15289,7213,2397,2373,2369],"class_list":["post-34761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-alejandro-davidovich-fokina","tag-alejandro-davidovich-fokina-vs-ilya-ivashka-prediction","tag-andalucia-open-predictions","tag-atp-marbella-predictions","tag-carlos-alcaraz","tag-carlos-alcaraz-vs-feliciano-lopez-prediction","tag-casper-ruud","tag-fabio-fognini","tag-fabio-fognini-vs-jaume-munar-prediction","tag-feliciano-lopez","tag-gianluca-mager","tag-gianluca-mager-vs-casper-ruud-prediciton","tag-ilya-ivashka","tag-jaume-munar","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34761","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\/2968"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}