{"id":56072,"date":"2023-04-10T16:23:45","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T20:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=56072"},"modified":"2023-04-10T16:23:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T20:23:45","slug":"atp-monte-carlo-day-3-predictions-including-jaume-munar-vs-andrey-rublev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/04\/10\/atp-monte-carlo-day-3-predictions-including-jaume-munar-vs-andrey-rublev\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Monte Carlo Day 3 Predictions Including Jaume Munar vs Andrey Rublev"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 3 at the ATP Monte Carlo Masters 2023 sees a slew of first and second round matches. In action are top seeds along with qualifiers looking to make a mark at the masters level. As ever, we at LWOT preview and predict all matches for you. Who do you think will advance?<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Monte Carlo Day 3 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h3>Round of 64<\/h3>\n<h4>Dan Evans vs Ilya Ivashka<\/h4>\n<p>Head to head &#8211; First Meeting<\/p>\n<p>Ilya Ivashka has come through qualifying but he has been dealt with a tough first round against Daniel Evans. The Brett is a solid clay-court mover and his semi-final appearance last week in Marrakesh indicates he should be the one starting Strong this week in Monte Carlo.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Evans in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"FmHaT8lnTGlQneW8nkAyFQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1476317580\" 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:'FmHaT8lnTGlQneW8nkAyFQ',sig:'lggRuYpjflpvtrvsvyhQmCvKwla1gdTI6GRBOCUpG6Q=',w:'594px',h:'389px',items:'1476317580',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Grigor Dimitrov vs Ben Shelton<\/h4>\n<p>Head to head &#8211; First Meeting<\/p>\n<p>Ben Shelton has had a breakout year in 2023 but the American still has a lot of work ahead if he is to compete at the very top. Last week was his first real test on the clay courts. on which he came up short but that&#8217;s the learning curve Shelton is looking forward to. It&#8217;s a tough draw to face Grigor Dimitrov in the first round and while the American is super talented, expect the Bulgarian to nab the win.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Dimitrov in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"igzAoGleSfRWq5OYqbSJAw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1472667738\" 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:'igzAoGleSfRWq5OYqbSJAw',sig:'9AzsHVR527CVWqHrJie85J5pg8iEWiGy08lBUeCpRxM=',w:'594px',h:'397px',items:'1472667738',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Round of 32<\/h3>\n<h4>Jack Draper vs Hubert Hurkacz<\/h4>\n<p>Head to head &#8211; Draper 0-1 Hurkacz<\/p>\n<p>Hubert Hurkacz has had two very tough matches so far in his clay-court season this year. The Pole will be happy to have come out on top on this occasion but his task of going deep in a clay-court masters tournament gets only tougher as he faces the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/06\/27\/union-jack-draper-british-tennis\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">ever-talented Jack Draper<\/a>. Expect a monumental battle between the two with Draper defending well and wrestling control of the points to come out as the victor.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Draper in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"GVIGgSMkTKJDDmk9yx3jbw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1323890048\" 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:'GVIGgSMkTKJDDmk9yx3jbw',sig:'z_VlrnX5ET2chrl0xbhrXum0D1liIlRxx0ZpWuKtqME=',w:'594px',h:'385px',items:'1323890048',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Jaume Munar vs Andrey Rublev<\/h4>\n<p>Head to head &#8211; Munar 1-1 Rublev<\/p>\n<p>These two are facing each other after a very long gap since their last meeting, and their careers have slightly matured ever since. Jaume Munar plays his best on the clay courts but it&#8217;s tough to see how <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2019\/05\/27\/jaume-munar-aggressive-mindset\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">his defense<\/a> can tackle the firepower Andrey Rublev will bring to the court. Expect the Russian to dominate from the baseline from start to finish and punch his way forward.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Rublev in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 3 at the ATP Monte Carlo Masters 2023 sees a slew of first and second round matches. In action are top seeds along with qualifiers looking to make a mark at the masters level. As ever, we at LWOT preview and predict all matches for you. Who do you think will advance? ATP Monte [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3075,"featured_media":55722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[511,15413,15335,16662,17963,113,15419,411,15683,2916,15711,7213,15558,11131,16044,2397,15596,2373,2369],"class_list":["post-56072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-andrey-rublev","tag-andrey-rublev-predictions","tag-atp-monte-carlo-predictions","tag-ben-shelton","tag-ben-shelton-predictions","tag-dan-evans","tag-dan-evans-predictions","tag-grigor-dimitrov","tag-grigor-dimitrov-predictions","tag-hubert-hurkacz","tag-hubert-hurkacz-predictions","tag-ilya-ivashka","tag-ilya-ivashka-predictions","tag-jack-draper","tag-jack-draper-predictions","tag-jaume-munar","tag-jaume-munar-predictions","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56072","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\/3075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}