{"id":44596,"date":"2021-12-31T19:09:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T00:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=44596"},"modified":"2021-12-31T19:09:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T00:09:21","slug":"atp-cup-sydney-day-1-predictions-hurkacz-vs-tsitsipas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/12\/31\/atp-cup-sydney-day-1-predictions-hurkacz-vs-tsitsipas\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Cup Sydney Day 1 Predictions Including Hubert Hurkacz vs Stefanos Tsitsipas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ATP Cup in Sydney gets underway, it&#8217;s also the kickoff for the 2022 ATP World Tour season, in this set of predictions we have Hubert Hurkacz and Poland vs a Stefanos Tsitsipas led Greece, while Casper Ruud and Team Norway take on a Team Serbia now led by Filip Krajinovic. While the ATP Cup features singles and doubles matches, these predictions are focused on the singles matches, we also have predictions for a set of matches featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/12\/31\/atp-cup-sydney-day-1-predictions-garin-vs-bautista-agut\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Roberto Bautista Agut and Diego Schwartzman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Filip Krajinovic vs Viktor Durasovic<\/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\/1355846742\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 61.616165% 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\/1355846742?et=OkUqxaBJTTBqB2pEtRie5A&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=Sk8_D37OzV-HozrckijakKeUDQ4omxCwDCeQuEHlK0Y=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"366\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Durasovic had limited success on the ITF Futures tour last year but hasn&#8217;t been able to advance his career much beyond that stage. Krajinovic was a semifinalist in Sofia and got to 20 match wins on the ATP Tour last year, including the Hamburg final. The Serbian is not lights out, but he won&#8217;t need to play elite tennis to beat Durasovic most likely, the Norwegian player would need to play well beyond his level to win. <strong>Krajinovic in 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Dusan Lajovic vs Casper Ruud<\/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\/1362010061\" 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\/1362010061?et=9X6T2DzHTT9DqM9HNIFsBQ&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=tkVKam9dp1fPoiF95wOIX2C-uLn5Te6d6v2hezvXcBM=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lajovic hasn&#8217;t had a winning record on the ATP Tour in a few years, he&#8217;s a capable veteran, but Ruud was 57-18 last year with five ATP titles. Ruud was a semifinalist at the World Tour Finals as well and on this surface should be able to dominate this matchup to open his season, a win would extend his h2h edge to 3-0. <strong>Ruud in 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Michail Pervolarakis vs Kamil Majchrzak<\/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\/1324516499\" 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\/1324516499?et=pwWkAropQJlgK2cFsdtkXQ&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=rPflBjfrJFvi81nFf1Gf7PNJsB4BMrOJRcz-oW2q6p0=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pervolarakis lost two ITF futures finals last season and did manage to make the top 300 but he&#8217;s still not an extremely accomplished player. Poland&#8217;s Majchrzak was a quarterfinalist in Sofia and is trying to re-enter the top 100. He also reached two Challenger Tour finals last season. Fit and firing, Majchrzak is the player with more upside. <strong>Majchrzak in 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Hubert Hurkacz vs Stefanos Tsitsipas<\/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\/1354007843\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 69.865326% 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\/1354007843?et=FFJfa0pmSRtKb8rBRE-pkg&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=_FT6B5Etk-Xd4mez_AvVLlRaCTCUtASlnXZg5_dtfgE=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"415\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tsitsipas leads the h2h 7-2 but is coming off of elbow surgery, with a 55-19 record in 2021 (2 titles and the RG final), if he&#8217;s healthy, Tsitsipas is one of the top players on the ATP Tour. Tsitsipas ended the year on a three match losing streak, while Hurkacz lost all his World Tour Finals matches after reaching the semis in Paris and winning Metz, overall he went 37-23 with three titles. Hurkacz is a very capable player too, and if Tsitsipas is off the pace, he could lose this match, I&#8217;ll go with Tsitsipas given the better h2h though. <strong>Tsitsipas in 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ATP Cup in Sydney gets underway, it&#8217;s also the kickoff for the 2022 ATP World Tour season, in this set of predictions we have Hubert Hurkacz and Poland vs a Stefanos Tsitsipas led Greece, while Casper Ruud and Team Norway take on a Team Serbia now led by Filip Krajinovic. 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