{"id":42046,"date":"2021-09-20T15:50:52","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T19:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=42046"},"modified":"2021-09-20T15:55:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T19:55:21","slug":"atp-metz-day-2-predictions-kohlschreiber-cecchinato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/09\/20\/atp-metz-day-2-predictions-kohlschreiber-cecchinato\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Metz Open Day 2 Predictions Featuring Philipp Kohlschreiber vs Marco Cecchinato"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 2 of the ATP Moselle Open in Metz, France features former World #1 and three-time Grand Slam champion <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/09\/19\/andy-murray-to-play-atp-250-event-in-metz\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Andy Murray<\/a>. Can the Brit turn around a poor result last week or is that a sign of worse things to come? We predict all of Tuesday&#8217;s matches, split between this <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/09\/20\/atp-metz-open-day-2-predictions-murray-humbert\/\" target=\"_self\">and a second article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Metz Day 2 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Arthur Rinderknech vs Marcos Giron<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: Giron 1-0 (Challenger)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Both of these men have had fairly decent years that have gone somewhat under the radar. Rinderknech iss highlighted by a semifinal in Kitzbuhel and Giron&#8217;s a quarterfinal in Winston-Salem. With just five spots separating them in the rankings there\u2019s no wonder this one is a hard one to call. Just purely based off the Frenchman got a few good indoor wins last week in a challenger opposed to Giron playing his first indoor match for over six months, I\u2019m leaning toward the Frenchman.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Rinderknech in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"WmiTabxZSTVRhzxMeEUEOQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1234294855\" 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:'WmiTabxZSTVRhzxMeEUEOQ',sig:'avNWtyRi5lK9TMOpmQc_sRjgsadHlhK5JqnFBtKED74=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1234294855',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Mikael Ymer vs Jan-Lennard Struff<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: Ymer 1-0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At one point this year it looked like Struff was playing great tennis, serving huge with out of this world net play. Come September and he\u2019s won just three of his last 13 matches on tour. Ymer, on the other hand, despite coming off a first round loss at the US Open made the Winston-Salem final just before that so there\u2019s no reason he shouldn\u2019t be ready and raring to go. Indoors this no doubt suits Struff with the far bigger serve and groundstrokes and really the whole match depends on his level. I do expect the German to turn around his recent fortunes on the European indoor hard courts.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Struff in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"J69_AMYWSb5ZZcKrFvo20Q\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1234595134\" 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:'J69_AMYWSb5ZZcKrFvo20Q',sig:'P9hVbWyha5QxdRa_W69FX83L18WCIKaWwwOJiAHaVYY=',w:'396px',h:'594px',items:'1234595134',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Philipp Kohlschreiber vs Marco Cecchinato<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: 1-1 (Including Challenger)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At times you wonder why Marco Cecchinato even bothers showing up off clay. It\u2019s almost always a guaranteed win for his opponents. Whilst Kohlschreiber\u00a0 is only a lucky loser here and the lower ranked player he is by far the better player off clay and that will show here.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Kohlschreiber in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 2 of the ATP Moselle Open in Metz, France features former World #1 and three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray. Can the Brit turn around a poor result last week or is that a sign of worse things to come? We predict all of Tuesday&#8217;s matches, split between this and a second article. 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