{"id":46235,"date":"2022-02-03T16:48:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T21:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=46235"},"modified":"2022-02-03T16:48:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T21:48:30","slug":"atp-montpellier-quarterfinal-predictions-zverev-mannarino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/02\/03\/atp-montpellier-quarterfinal-predictions-zverev-mannarino\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Montpellier Quarterfinal Predictions Including Alexander Zverev vs Adrian Mannarino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Down to the last eight at the ATP Open Sud de France in Montpellier. We find ourselves with a lovely mix of players left, from the usual suspects we would expect such as Zverev we also have Mannarino continuing his good form as well as to the surprise of many Gasquet and Dzumhur also in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Montpellier Quarter-Final predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Alexander Bublik vs Roberto Bautista-Agut<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: 1-1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With Bublik it\u2019s fair to say <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/03\/03\/alexander-bublik-underrated-maverick\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">you never know what you\u2019re going to get<\/a>; one of the reasons for that is that he\u2019s openly honest about not liking tennis so his level of motivation during matches is somewhat questionable whilst another reason is simply because his so big there\u2019s a fine line between excellence and beating himself. This is a very hard one to call, Bautista-Agut in the set and a half he played against Simon last night was all but convincing whilst the man from Kazakhstan looked fairly good against Herbert despite dropping a set. On paper, the Spaniard should be able to grind his younger opponent down so it\u2019s going to be a matter of whether Bublik can serve big enough and hit through Bautista-Agut enough before the errors come out. It\u2019s a big ask but I like Bublik\u2019s chances here in taking out the second seed.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Bublik in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"9CZBGtvYQ0hxg7Eb6jliIA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1365572024\" 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:'9CZBGtvYQ0hxg7Eb6jliIA',sig:'e0Gv4jTxfWkOjMz9W-yT1AaE4HUN2Idg9R14mA89MhE=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1365572024',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Damir Dzumhur vs Filip Krajinovic<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: 0-0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s great to see Dzumhur back into an ATP Tour quarter-final having dropped outside the world\u2019s top 150 but unfortunately for him he\u2019s now ip against the fifth seed. The two have never met before but to anyone who\u2019s seen both play, it\u2019s a fair assumption to say that Krajinovic is a better version of the Bosnian with no offense intended. Dzumhur is solid but there\u2019s no weapons that are able to hurt the better players in the world and on an indoor hardcourt, you usually need one to get results. Krajinovic on the other hand is all of that with a much better serve and backhand, it\u2019s hard to go against him here.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Krajinovic in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"I5fWNo5fQpFDsXQBpVobbQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1365258521\" 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:'I5fWNo5fQpFDsXQBpVobbQ',sig:'gkxjJV1D0tuzxhgl_Cvse81IJyo0TCFM8gRgwkumyS0=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1365258521',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 Richard Gasquet<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: Ymer 1-0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well, it&#8217;s safe to say no one expected Ymer to beat Monfils in the round of 16 let alone just dropping three games, but it&#8217;s great to see the Swede making another quarterfinal on tour after Adelaide last month. In his way is another resurgent top 10 Frenchman in Gasquet showing the tennis world he just <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/03\/23\/2021-is-the-end-for-monfils-gasquet-and-the-old-french-guard\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">isn&#8217;t quite done yet<\/a>, with great wins over Humbert and Kwon to make it this far. It&#8217;s going to be an interesting battle, Ymer lacks weapons but at this stage in Gasquet&#8217;s career that might be the worst matchup for him. But hey, if Gasquet&#8217;s backhand is firing he&#8217;s able to beat almost anyone in the game. It will be close but purely because the 23 year old edged their only encounter on an indoor hardcourt two years ago and is a much better player now, I&#8217;ll give him the edge.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Ymer in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"96K_cAo-SvxF_35jrEyXaQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1365341840\" 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:'96K_cAo-SvxF_35jrEyXaQ',sig:'4UH2vfc8cvwV8t1gZ6xvsR7mWM0xOlqPi2BM9JX3380=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1365341840',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Alexander Zverev vs Adrian Mannarino<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: 6-0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you look at their head-to-head you\u2019ll probably think Zverev will cruise past the Frenchman yet again but the 6-0 is rather misleading given Mannarino has won sets in three of the six matches, the last two on indoor hardcourts. You can sort of see why as well, Mannarino\u2019s left hand serve out wide on the ad-court opens up play well and somewhat exposes the German\u2019s movement when trying to recover after a slider out wide. Plus the Frenchman takes the ball so early and flat he can rush <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/07\/27\/atp-domestic-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Zverev<\/a> to shorten his swings, something he does not like doing. Whilst I don\u2019t think Mannarino will end up winning, I do think he can perhaps keep a set or so close against the top seed.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Zverev in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Down to the last eight at the ATP Open Sud de France in Montpellier. We find ourselves with a lovely mix of players left, from the usual suspects we would expect such as Zverev we also have Mannarino continuing his good form as well as to the surprise of many Gasquet and Dzumhur also in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":45913,"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":[1877,15551,510,15492,85,15615,4603,4596,17237,4597,2182,16403,2203,15455,6206,15825,190,15494,447,15519,2373,2369],"class_list":["post-46235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-adrian-mannarino","tag-adrian-mannarino-predictions","tag-alexander-bublik","tag-alexander-bublik-predictions","tag-alexander-zverev","tag-alexander-zverev-predictions","tag-atp-montpellier","tag-atp-montpellier-predictions","tag-atp-open-sud-de-france","tag-atp-open-sud-de-france-predictions","tag-damir-dzumhur","tag-damir-dzumhur-predictions","tag-filip-krajinovic","tag-filip-krajinovic-predictions","tag-mikael-ymer","tag-mikael-ymer-predictions","tag-richard-gasquet","tag-richard-gasquet-predictions","tag-roberto-bautista-agut","tag-roberto-bautista-agut-predictions","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46235","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\/666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}