{"id":36999,"date":"2021-06-02T21:00:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T01:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=36999"},"modified":"2021-06-02T21:36:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T01:36:19","slug":"french-open-day-5-predictions-djokovic-vs-cuevas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/06\/02\/french-open-day-5-predictions-djokovic-vs-cuevas\/","title":{"rendered":"French Open Day 5 Predictions Including Novak Djokovic vs Pablo Cuevas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Novak Djokovic is a strong favorite in his round 2 match against Pablo Cuevas but Cuevas is capable on clay and could give him a challenge. We have all of your <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/category\/predictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">predictions<\/a> for Day 5 of the French Open, in three other articles. One features <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/06\/02\/french-open-day-5-predictions-cilic-vs-federer\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Marin Cilic vs Roger Federer<\/a>, another headlines <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/06\/02\/french-open-day-5-predictions-nadal-vs-gasquet\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Rafael Nadal vs Richard Gasquet<\/a>, and the final features <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/06\/02\/french-open-day-5-predictions-de-minaur-vs-cecchinato\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Alex de Minaur vs Marco Cecchinato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Novak Djokovic vs Pablo Cuevas<\/h3>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1233097415\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 69.02357% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/1233097415?et=r7n0TvwMT6ZNu_KuXV17Mg&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=Lq0wC2xS8JPOxplBMfCZQShMSAodyCgQ4x6IVx-_uWs=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"410\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yesh Ginsburg: Djokovic looked as solid as ever in his opening match against Tennys Sandgren. Cuevas should be a tougher challenge, but just barely. <strong>Djokovic in 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Damian Kust: Cuevas had a fair few great victories on clay in his prime and a couple of years ago, he\u2019d probably have an outside chance. His decline has been quite rapid though and that level is probably unattainable to him at this point. <strong>Djokovic in 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Yoshihito Nishioka vs Lorenzo Musetti<\/h3>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1321000150\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 69.52862% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/1321000150?et=uWz-vMMIT25m36DQ607_3A&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=5ayBFAvE5-4AreD8L1ONOB5uHyp75b5DmuF0zVDT7k4=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"413\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yesh: Nishioka played well in the opening round and is a solid player. Musetti, though, looks finally ready to take a huge leap forward. <strong>Musetti in 4\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Damian: Goffin has been in a slump recently, but taking him out so confidently is still a fantastic result for Musetti. The Italian has a great draw here and it would be a shame if he missed it against a just decent clay-courter like Nishioka. <strong>Musetti in 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Aljaz Bedene vs Diego Schwartzman<\/h3>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1233217560\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.66667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/1233217560?et=_asxn-XuR6VaqvIdlbnAZw&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=ivrGKHlI8sjxFxqaU71kQlN9fCKqmFCrP7FXW12ilcQ=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yesh: Schwartzman hasn&#8217;t been playing well at all recently. Bedene impressed in the opening round. This has real upset potential. <strong>Bedene in 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Damian: Schwartzman really needed a win right now and drawing Lu was a gift sent from heaven. Bedene might be an ideal opponent to keep the run going &#8211; great baseliner but not someone who\u2019s just going to blow you off the court. The head-to-head\u2019s puzzling and maybe the Argentinian will start reversing it. <strong>Schwartzman in 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Jan-Lennard Struff vs Facundo Bagnis<\/h3>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1321268108\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.66667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/1321268108?et=lHWVKTnYQq5oC8VKCW4Qfw&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=5eZ6vypV-PQHpQCM6_OEYQC7FhdO36uulKLa4s2JxPw=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yesh: Struff pulled off a huge upset against Andrey Rublev. As long as he&#8217;s playing well, he should have little problem with Bagnis. <strong>Struff in 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Damian: Beating Rublev was a stunning upset, but Struff\u2019s level often fluctuates wildly between matches. This doesn\u2019t have to be easy at all as Bagnis is having a great season thus far. The German should be very high on confidence though, so perhaps he\u2019ll be up to solve the puzzle. <strong>Struff in 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1321189127\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.66667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/1321189127?et=PCwLIiaHSyZCxKgzxTArqg&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=LvlMGtj7wSxJwnuzLXTGaRuURrC3Z_R6CnuOaJj9J08=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Novak Djokovic is a strong favorite in his round 2 match against Pablo Cuevas but Cuevas is capable on clay and could give him a challenge. We have all of your predictions for Day 5 of the French Open, in three other articles. One features Marin Cilic vs Roger Federer, another headlines Rafael Nadal vs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1442,"featured_media":37003,"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":[1067,15502,1124,15560,3636,15506,204,2942,4224,15612,10332,15491,22,15556,446,15510,896,2941,2373,2369,835,15714],"class_list":["post-36999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-aljaz-bedene","tag-aljaz-bedene-predictions","tag-diego-schwartzman","tag-diego-schwartzman-predictions","tag-facundo-bagnis","tag-facundo-bagnis-predictions","tag-french-open","tag-french-open-predictions","tag-jan-lennard-struff","tag-jan-lennard-struff-predictions","tag-lorenzo-musetti","tag-lorenzo-musetti-predictions","tag-novak-djokovic","tag-novak-djokovic-predictions","tag-pablo-cuevas","tag-pablo-cuevas-predictions","tag-roland-garros","tag-roland-garros-predictions","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-yoshihito-nishioka","tag-yoshihito-nishioka-predictions"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36999","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\/1442"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}