{"id":53720,"date":"2022-12-30T00:01:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T05:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=53720"},"modified":"2022-12-29T22:33:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T03:33:36","slug":"united-cup-day-3-predictions-nadal-norrie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/12\/30\/united-cup-day-3-predictions-nadal-norrie\/","title":{"rendered":"United Cup Day 3 Predictions Including Rafael Nadal vs Cameron Norrie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 3 at the United Cup will feature a lot of exciting, high-level action, including the return to action of the World #2 and Slam record-holder Rafael Nadal, who will kickstart his 2023 campaign representing Team Spain against Cameron Norrie. We also predict the rest of the day&#8217;s matches, split between two other articles. One features <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/12\/29\/united-cup-day-3-predictions-swiatek-putintseva\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Iga Swiatek vs Yulia Putintseva<\/a> and the other features <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/12\/29\/united-cup-day-3-predictions-goffin-dimitrov\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">David Goffin vs Grigor Dimitrov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>United Cup Day 3 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Beatriz Haddad Maia vs Malene Helgo<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> first meeting<\/p>\n<p>This is on paper one of the most one-sided matches of this entire tournament. Haddad Maia is ranked #15 in the world, while her opponent is ranked #319 and her only achievements have been at ITF level. Anything other than a straightforward for the Brazilian would be a quite a surprise here.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Haddad Maia in 2<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"tEXB1zXJRWx9nl8dlreZ7A\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1245862497\" 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:'tEXB1zXJRWx9nl8dlreZ7A',sig:'zH_yE3BQFt_tt9GyXzjn0ggyo9hiBOtI85GhgqzPUKk=',w:'594px',h:'375px',items:'1245862497',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Felipe Meligeni Alves vs Viktor Durasovic<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> Alves 1-0 Durasovic<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian won the only previous match between the pair back in July rather easily, but on hard court it should be a much tighter affair, with Durasovic certainly having a very good chance to score a win for Norway here, even if he does come into this season on the back of three consecutive losses to finish his 2022 season.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Durasovic in 3<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"gHtRR8vMRWpqyjvmfCWP9A\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1361687839\" 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:'gHtRR8vMRWpqyjvmfCWP9A',sig:'TKOjsShQ1ytIxSPMYNiZYyUUk5tFruAYV5Vs1XyXVxw=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1361687839',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Nuria Parrizas-Diaz vs Katie Swan<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> first meeting<\/p>\n<p>This is expected to be a very tight affair. The Spaniard is much higher ranked, but on this surface there&#8217;s very little to separate the two players and it will all come down to form on the day and little details are likely to decide the outcome.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Parrizas-Diaz in 3<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"JK4pNQrRQLZHE0TaU0kEDA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1242388644\" 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:'JK4pNQrRQLZHE0TaU0kEDA',sig:'SE0BMHpI3qiYVRTaeewcQgfIEuJj2-0s9OShoGZay4E=',w:'594px',h:'364px',items:'1242388644',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Rafael Nadal vs Cameron Norrie<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> Nadal 4-0 Norrie<\/p>\n<p>This is the big match of the day, with reigning <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/australian-open\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Australian Open<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/01\/30\/rafael-nadal-record-21st-grand-slam-title\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">champion Rafael Nadal<\/a> kickstarting his season against a familiar foe, who he&#8217;s beaten four times without even dropping a set. Norrie is a solid and consistent player but he&#8217;s never shown any ability to hurt Nadal. Early season rust might make it a more interesting contest than usual, but Nadal should prevail here.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Nadal in 2<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 3 at the United Cup will feature a lot of exciting, high-level action, including the return to action of the World #2 and Slam record-holder Rafael Nadal, who will kickstart his 2023 campaign representing Team Spain against Cameron Norrie. We also predict the rest of the day&#8217;s matches, split between two other articles. 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