{"id":38915,"date":"2021-07-12T13:52:59","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T17:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=38915"},"modified":"2021-09-06T19:20:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T23:20:08","slug":"atp-bastad-open-day-2-predictions-martinez-novak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/07\/12\/atp-bastad-open-day-2-predictions-martinez-novak\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Bastad Open Day 2 Predictions\u00a0Including Pedro Martinez vs Dennis Novak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even though Wimbledon has just ended, the ATP Tour doesn\u2019t take a break. Whilst Tuesday\u2019s action at the ATP Nordea Open in Bastad does not feature any top seeds, the field is headlined by Casper Ruud and Christian Garin, who&#8217;s coming off a second week appearance at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wimbledon\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Wimbledon<\/a>. We also predict the rest of the day&#8217;s matches, in two other articles. One features Emil Ruusuvuori vs Mikael Ymer, and the other highlights <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/07\/12\/atp-bastad-day-2-predictions-including-henri-laaksonen-vs-lorenzo-musetti\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Henri Laaksonen vs Lorenzo Musetti<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Bastad Open Day 2 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Pablo Cuevas vs Norbert Gombos<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head to head: 0-0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To the surprise of absolutely no one, both men here lost in the first round of Wimbledon so it was somewhat inevitable to see both in Bastad back on the clay, their favorite surface.\u00a0Last week in a Challenger event in Austria, Cuevas won just three games&#8211;losing to Londero, who ranked outside the top 100&#8211;which doesn\u2019t bode well coming to Bastad. Unfortunately for Gombos, it\u2019s much the same story this year. This is no doubt a first round match between two players very much out of form desperate for any win.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Cuevas in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"iUobGKeJQ6VVas-Ycc3sRA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1321620245\" 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:'iUobGKeJQ6VVas-Ycc3sRA',sig:'UP1EJh6tSY7xx-LVZDU-nxz1HaQDwHU6NV8PjA0aDlk=',w:'594px',h:'409px',items:'1321620245',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Jiri Vesely vs Salvatore Caruso<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: Vesely 2-0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the head-to-head suggests, Vesely is the clear favorite here. He\u2019s far too solid at the back of the court as well as contains more weapons than Caruso, especially on the forehand. What is up for question though is if the Czech is fit or not having retired during his second round match at Wimbledon against Marton Fucsovics. If he\u2019s fit it\u2019s hard to see this march going differently than their previous two matches.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Vesely in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"oEyL-VjNTShu1O3CtcoPkw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1300425655\" 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:'oEyL-VjNTShu1O3CtcoPkw',sig:'rCI_QEGDuM1ubD6MFA8YAD1QuLNEHqzeIQiyEMTJNAQ=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1300425655',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Pedro Martinez vs Dennis Novak<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: 0-0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately it\u2019s not the Novak that just won Wimbledon, but another match in Bastad between players with their best results on the dirt. Coming off three consecutive losses, Novak\u2019s done very well to come through qualifying without the loss of a single set. Martinez on the other hand is coming off a great third round result at Wimbledon beating Monfils on the way. Under normal circumstances there\u2019s no reason why Martinez wouldn\u2019t win this routinely but having just come back from the grass whilst his opponent has a fair few matches on the clay in recent weeks, it might just be closer than most expect.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Martinez in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"AUVHwehzTzhVgSpDyFQQ7g\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1321426419\" 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:'AUVHwehzTzhVgSpDyFQQ7g',sig:'sMqJ1ZxSxJ_FMcB6ZhSAtm27Nne0NApMvb0ijFY4zmI=',w:'594px',h:'413px',items:'1321426419',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though Wimbledon has just ended, the ATP Tour doesn\u2019t take a break. Whilst Tuesday\u2019s action at the ATP Nordea Open in Bastad does not feature any top seeds, the field is headlined by Casper Ruud and Christian Garin, who&#8217;s coming off a second week appearance at Wimbledon. 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