{"id":53267,"date":"2022-11-01T18:58:58","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T22:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=53267"},"modified":"2022-11-01T18:58:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T22:58:58","slug":"atp-paris-day-3-predictions-nadal-paul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/11\/01\/atp-paris-day-3-predictions-nadal-paul\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Paris Day 3 Predictions Including Rafael Nadal vs Tommy Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"

Round 2 of the ATP Paris Masters in Bercy continues to roll and brings the return of Rafael Nadal. The draw is still very strong, although Round 1 saw the departure of a few heavweights, including Jannik Sinner and Borna Coric. The early exit of Andy Murray at the hands of wild card crowd favorite Gilles Simon was also an unexpected twist, while Novak Djokovic marched on past the tricky Maxime Cressy<\/a>. Certainly there will be some more twists and turns, but which rankings will hold? We make our calls below, including Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Mikael Ymer<\/p>\n

ATP Paris Day 3 Predictions<\/h2>\n

Lorenzo Musetti vs Nikoloz Basilashvili<\/h4>\n

Head-to-head: Basilashvili 1-0<\/h4>\n

Basilashvili has played badly all season, and Musetti is at his peak<\/a> for the year. That\u2019s about all anyone needs to know. The Italian recently came through Matteo Berrettini for a title in Naples, and sits at his career-high of #23. Basilashvili has finally dropped out of the top 100 after consistent struggles, and although he owns the single H2H, it was on grass. Musetti is thought of as a clay courter, but he is above .500 on hard court this year, and just came through Marin Cilic in Round 1, after winning the aforementioned hard court title. Basilashvili is only at 20% for hard courts on the season, and drew a qualifier.
\nPrediction: Musetti in 2<\/em><\/p>\n

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