{"id":35373,"date":"2021-04-29T14:00:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T18:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=35373"},"modified":"2021-04-29T14:00:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T18:00:33","slug":"atp-munich-quarterfinal-predictions-ivashka-zverev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/04\/29\/atp-munich-quarterfinal-predictions-ivashka-zverev\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Munich Quarterfinal Predictions including Ilya Ivashka vs Alexander Zverev"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The eight quarterfinalists of the ATP BMW Open in Munich have now been set in stone with six being seeded alongside a qualifier and lucky loser. Let\u2019s see who we think will make the last four.<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Munich Open Quarterfinal Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>John Millman vs Casper Ruud<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: 0-0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Casper Ruud is no doubt at the very least a top 15 player on clay at the moment if not higher and he showed exactly why in routing experienced clay courter Pablo Cuevas 6-3 6-2. Millman on the other hand has never had great results on the dirt and I\u2019m sure if you gave him a quarterfinal showing at the start of the week he would have taken it in a heartbeat. The Australian got a tad lucky when his opponent Guido Pella in the second round had to retire despite being a set up. On this surface Ruud simply does everything better and it\u2019s hard to see him losing this one.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Ruud in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"7q57ths_Q8ZFKJI0V72gSg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1232574874\" 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:'7q57ths_Q8ZFKJI0V72gSg',sig:'aF-wPrdlpjjwWpN7BIZd2RAQqRg9UigNXrtVX7H3oz4=',w:'594px',h:'373px',items:'1232574874',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nikoloz Basilashvili vs Norbert Gombos<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: 0-0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think it\u2019s fair to say we have no idea <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/03\/23\/nikoloz-basilashvili-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">what Basilashvili is going to show up<\/a> week in week out on the ATP Tour these days but if his first two rounds here are anything to go by, he could very well end up holding the trophy on Sunday. Lucky loser Gombos is a solid player but ultimately if the Georgian keeps up his fine run of form here he doesn\u2019t possess the defensive skills to keep him at bay.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Basilashvili in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"EL-wvYpeTHhr9jx1f6u6qw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1311615148\" 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:'EL-wvYpeTHhr9jx1f6u6qw',sig:'d8UIwFuSzko6jlx0IlcIte7Y4yCJZLuIsmrpbvqzwhQ=',w:'396px',h:'594px',items:'1311615148',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Filip Krajinovic vs Jan-Lennard Struff<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: Krajinovic 1-0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have to say, I am quite looking forward to this. If their meeting at the Hamburg Open in 2014 is anything to go by, it could well be another three-setter! With both men ranked inside the top 50 it\u2019s once again going to be another matchup for Jan-Lennard Struff where he\u2019s going to have to hit through a tricky opponent who can counter his power with great defensive and counter punching tennis. Koepfer in the last round barely lost out to his fellow German and with no disrespect to him, Krajinovic is just a little bit better. I expect the Serbian to make Struff play far more than he wants and break down the backhand and get the win here.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Krajinovic in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"hyZiwNB5SaZHioPW47W3Hg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1232475233\" 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:'hyZiwNB5SaZHioPW47W3Hg',sig:'4W4oXXa5pYMUPdZmOMj1drAImM0DvE1gMbQIc_A_9og=',w:'594px',h:'397px',items:'1232475233',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ilya Ivashka vs Alexander Zverev<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: 0-0<\/strong><br \/>\nThe top seed against a qualifier. On paper it should be a routine win for the former two time champion but Ivashka\u2019s form lately has been insane. After qualifying for Barcelona and barely losing to Rafael Nadal, he\u2019s qualified here and now made the quarterfinals&#8211;winning four of the five sets he\u2019s played 6-1, 6-2, 6-1, and 6-2. There\u2019s no doubt the Belorussian is in some of his best form in ages and I think he might be able to push Zverev here. Getting the win however might be far too much of an ask but I\u2019ll give him the nod to take a set.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Zverev in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The eight quarterfinalists of the ATP BMW Open in Munich have now been set in stone with six being seeded alongside a qualifier and lucky loser. Let\u2019s see who we think will make the last four. ATP Munich Open Quarterfinal Predictions John Millman vs Casper Ruud Head-to-head: 0-0 Casper Ruud is no doubt at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":34461,"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":[85,15615,5696,15588,811,15415,2203,15455,7213,15558,4224,15612,1859,15452,3515,15613,7763,15622,2373,2369],"class_list":["post-35373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-alexander-zverev","tag-alexander-zverev-predictions","tag-atp-munich-predictions","tag-bmw-open-predictions","tag-casper-ruud","tag-casper-ruud-predictions","tag-filip-krajinovic","tag-filip-krajinovic-predictions","tag-ilya-ivashka","tag-ilya-ivashka-predictions","tag-jan-lennard-struff","tag-jan-lennard-struff-predictions","tag-john-millman","tag-john-millman-predictions","tag-nikoloz-basilashvili","tag-nikoloz-basilashvili-predictions","tag-norbert-gombos","tag-norbert-gombos-predictions","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35373","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=35373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}