{"id":42013,"date":"2021-09-19T13:07:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-19T17:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=42013"},"modified":"2021-09-19T13:07:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T17:07:15","slug":"atp-metz-open-day-1-predictions-fucsovics-sonego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/09\/19\/atp-metz-open-day-1-predictions-fucsovics-sonego\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Metz Open Day 1 Predictions Including Marton Fucsovics vs Lorenzo Sonego"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the ATP Tour heading back to Europe after the successful completion of all four Grand Slams unlike last year, we\u2019re now indoors in Metz headlined&#8211;by <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/07\/08\/the-rise-of-hubert-hurkacz\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Miami Masters winner Hubert Hurkacz<\/a>, home favorite Gael Monfils, and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/09\/19\/andy-murray-to-play-atp-250-event-in-metz\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">former World #1 Andy Murray<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Metz Open Day 1 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Nikoloz Basilashvili vs Gianluca Mager<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: 0-0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Basilashvili is no doubt one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/07\/27\/atp-domestic-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">hardest players on the ATP Tour to understand<\/a>. Ehen he\u2019s good he\u2019s pushing the very best in the world to the limit; when he\u2019s not he\u2019s barely winning games against players far below his ranking. Mager\u2019s best surface is clay, and without a big serve to aid him on the hard let alone on indoor hard where it\u2019s almost a must have, it\u2019s going to be a huge struggle. Basilashvili without elements can be absolutely devastating with his big groundstrokes and unless he has an absolute shocker and beats himself, the Italian shouldn\u2019t stand too much of a chance in this one.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Basilashvili in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"SzAqEQEMRdNYOSHA1yPo4A\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1334517656\" 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:'SzAqEQEMRdNYOSHA1yPo4A',sig:'06IydKNVhF-AncF6S1fq4JUhN1Nkw-1bxQlc-eHYR-w=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1334517656',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Philipp Kohschreiber vs Holger Rune<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: 0-0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/08\/30\/holger-rune-2021-us-open-qualifying-bright-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">talented 18-year-old Dane<\/a> takes on an ATP Tour veteran over twice his age in the German who\u2019s now 37. It\u2019s fair to say Rune has had an absolutely stunning breakthrough year on tour with a handful of Challenger titles as well as qualifying for his maiden Grand Slams just a few weeks ago in New York in which he also took a set off Novak Djokovic in his first main draw match. The teenager has proved a lot of people wrong about how good he can be off clay and whilst the serve has a long way to go to be a huge weapon, I can see him continuing his good form here and getting the win.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Rune in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"kYYhsPyUTB5IcpnQg7zjhw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1234983473\" 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:'kYYhsPyUTB5IcpnQg7zjhw',sig:'Y5dK33Apoe1PkcqW0K4rRy0ECXPYfvVxl88kYyzlzuI=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1234983473',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Gregoire Barrere vs Vasek Pospisil<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: 0-0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve never heard of Barrere, you\u2019re probably not alone. The 27-year-old \u00a0wild card, barely ranked inside the world\u2019s top #150, only has 11 wins his career. Pospisil, on the other hand, is ranked a lot higher at #65 but has shockingly won just six of his last 19 matches&#8211;it\u2019s fair to say he\u2019s far from being in good form. If there is any saving grace for the Canadian, it\u2019s that his last decent run on tour was in Sofia which was also indoors which he lost the final 7-6 in the third. No doubt indoor hardcourts suit him and if anything this is a good match for him to get into form for not only Metz but the upcoming weeks.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Pospisil in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"YueTs7UeQPp0XPuM71ZIKA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1337950703\" 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:'YueTs7UeQPp0XPuM71ZIKA',sig:'0YhVXd8ucsX9dKIFwaHqu82QEMkV3FbwhNmQKzvy918=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1337950703',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Marton Fucsovics vs Lorenzo Sonego<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: Fucsovics 2-1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not too surprising Sonego is ranked #24 and Fucsovics #41; they\u2019re both evidently good players. When they are playing well they\u2019ve shown in the past they can be a match for anyone. But both lack consistency and it\u2019s hard to know what to expect from this match. Whilst Fucsovics leads the head-to-head 2-1, it was Sonego who easily won their last meeting which was on the clay earlier this year. On the clay that would somewhat be expected, as the Hungarian has struggled his whole career on that surface whilst the Italian has excelled at times. Now we\u2019re on an indoor hard court. It\u2019s an interesting one purely because Sonego should be able to hit through these courts, but Fucsovics is no doubt the better hard courter. It\u2019s a hard one to pick but just like their only indoor hardcourt meeting in the past, Fucsovics should get another win here.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Fucsovics in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the ATP Tour heading back to Europe after the successful completion of all four Grand Slams unlike last year, we\u2019re now indoors in Metz headlined&#8211;by Miami Masters winner Hubert Hurkacz, home favorite Gael Monfils, and former World #1 Andy Murray. 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