{"id":53765,"date":"2023-01-01T10:03:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T15:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=53765"},"modified":"2023-01-01T09:47:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T14:47:19","slug":"united-cup-day-5-predictions-tsitsipas-goffin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/01\/01\/united-cup-day-5-predictions-tsitsipas-goffin\/","title":{"rendered":"United Cup Day 5 Predictions Including Stefanos Tsitsipas vs David Goffin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 5 at the ATP Cup will bring plenty of exciting and high quality action, with WTA #1 Iga Swiatek taking the court, as well as ATP #4 Stefanos Tsitsipas. The other two matches of the day are of a much lower profile on paper, but they should still be interesting and competitive affairs. We also predict the rest of the day&#8217;s matches, split between two articles. One features <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/01\/01\/united-cup-day-5-predictions-nadal-de-minaur\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Rafael Nadal vs Alex De Minaur<\/a> and the other features <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/01\/01\/united-cup-day-5-predictions-fritz-zverev\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Taylor Fritz vs Alexander Zverev<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>United Cup Day 5 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Iga Swiatek vs Belinda Bencic<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> Swiatek 1-1 Bencic<\/p>\n<p>Iga Swiatek is a clear favorite, as always these days, but Bencic surely has the ability to make things difficult for her. She did defeat Swiatek at the 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/us-open\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">US Open<\/a> before the Pole started dominating the tour, but times are very different now, she will need to be practically flawless to trouble the undisputed WTA #1.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Swiatek in 2<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"EFI2ZuJrRc5M-J03EjXPPw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1245920643\" 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:'EFI2ZuJrRc5M-J03EjXPPw',sig:'hGwt7TUNg-xkApMPGRwMgPgUOuxihNrwpTBkuzNzMTA=',w:'594px',h:'373px',items:'1245920643',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Daniel Michalski vs Marc-Andrea Huesler<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> first meeting<\/p>\n<p>On paper, this is the most one-sided match of the day. Huesler comes into 2023 on the back of the best season of his career and is 200 ranking spots above Michalski, who has lost all of his last four matches. On paper, Huesler should prevail with relative ease.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Huesler in 2<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"6a3Bt4QQSdZ_lwd2nNtVEg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1453110726\" 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:'6a3Bt4QQSdZ_lwd2nNtVEg',sig:'4NXDksVku-6QFomhR8BXqlt7OfKU2Z_OJkyRy_WvIa0=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1453110726',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Despina Papamichail vs Alison van Uytvanck<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> first meeting<\/p>\n<p>Both players had good performances and a victory in their previous United Cup match and will be very motivated coming into this match, with the chance to really shine on a significant stage. Van Uytvanck is generally the better, more consistent player, but it&#8217;s hard to call which way this will go.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Van Uytvanck in 3<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"xljHDmHXS1Z8VVAyxBfWFQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1453397771\" 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:'xljHDmHXS1Z8VVAyxBfWFQ',sig:'6VULjXq6DcuFi4RBQh4zfWuuetsu4k4xaTNVNLC92bU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1453397771',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Stefanos Tsitsipas vs David Goffin<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> Tsitsipas 4-2 Goffin<\/p>\n<p>This matchup would have been far more interesting a few years ago, but despite <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/03\/25\/what-has-happened-to-david-goffin\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">his overall decline<\/a>, Goffin is still capable of beating top players on his day as he proved by beating <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/02\/21\/carlos-alcaraz-future-world-no-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">world #1 Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> last year. Even if he comes into this match on the back of four consecutive losses, Tsitsipas will have to be alert here. The Greek is running out of time to really make his mark and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/12\/03\/stefanos-tsitsipas-delusions-of-grandeur\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">will be aiming for a big 2023<\/a>.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Tsitsipas in 2<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo from Getty.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 5 at the ATP Cup will bring plenty of exciting and high quality action, with WTA #1 Iga Swiatek taking the court, as well as ATP #4 Stefanos Tsitsipas. The other two matches of the day are of a much lower profile on paper, but they should still be interesting and competitive affairs. 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