{"id":56609,"date":"2023-05-12T15:01:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T19:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=56609"},"modified":"2023-05-12T15:05:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T19:05:18","slug":"atp-rome-day-4-predictions-medvedev-ruusuvuori","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/05\/12\/atp-rome-day-4-predictions-medvedev-ruusuvuori\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Rome Day 4 Predictions Including Daniil Medvedev vs Emil Ruusuvuori"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the fourth day of the ATP Masters in Rome, we&#8217;ve got some exciting match-ups. These include Yoshihito Nishioka, who will be looking to continue an exceptional 52-week stretch, against the explosive power of Lorenzo Sonego and a rematch of Frances Tiafoe&#8217;s first round win at the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/australian-open\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Australian Open<\/a> over the loopy one-hander of Daniel Altmaier. We&#8217;ve predicted the outcomes of these matches and more at LWOT.<\/p>\n<p>As always, we share our thoughts on every match for you. We split all 16 of the day&#8217;s matches between four articles. Our other three articles feature <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/05\/12\/atp-rome-day-4-predictions-alcaraz-ramos-vinolas\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Carlos Alcaraz vs Albert Ramos Vinolas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/05\/12\/atp-rome-day-4-predictions-including-andrey-rublev-vs-alex-molcan\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Andrey Rublev vs Alex Molcan<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/05\/12\/atp-rome-day-4-predictions-zverev-goffin\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Alexander Zverev vs David Goffin<\/a>. Who do you think will win on Saturday?<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Rome Day 4 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Jiri Lehecka vs Fabian Marozsan<\/h4>\n<h4>Head-to-head: First meeting<\/h4>\n<p>For all the fantastic performances we&#8217;ve seen from Jiri Lehecka, he looks very much like the unfinished product. Spectacular straight-sets wins in Monte Carlo over Ruusuvuori and Dimitrov are diminished in value by head-scratching drops in form, falling away to Fritz and Kecamonovic and being bulldozed by Shevchenko in Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s therefore difficult to go all in on Lehecka against the plucky qualifier Fabian Marozsan. The conditions should suit Lehecka&#8217;s solid game style&#8211;but just how solid will the Czech be? We&#8217;ll back him but we don&#8217;t think it&#8217;ll be smooth sailing.<br \/>\nPrediction:\u00a0<em>Lehecka in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"uyH9eDolTWZlKCygqvol0w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1481671041\" target=\"_blank\" 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:'uyH9eDolTWZlKCygqvol0w',sig:'9gT4QKx3XModHe8_M3mIFJyHxg_fKxquhpF5uHJ47N8=',w:'594px',h:'391px',items:'1481671041',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Frances Tiafoe vs Daniel Altmaier<\/h4>\n<h4>Head-to-head: Tiafoe 1-0 Altmaier<\/h4>\n<p>Madrid&#8217;s second-luckiest loser Daniel Altmaier continues his run of form through qualifying and into the second round of Rome. His game is well and truly built for clay&#8211;exceptionally high in topspin on both sides, sometimes verging on passive with how much shape he gives his shots.<\/p>\n<p>For those that can execute consistently aggressive plays, he&#8217;s there for the taking. Frances Tiafoe should be up to the task&#8211;his valuable kick-serve will be great against the one-hander of Altmaier and his forehand is repeatable when it isn&#8217;t being rushed.<br \/>\nPrediction:\u00a0<em>Tiafoe in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"RWDZz3L1QqREectADcBmwA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1486826907\" target=\"_blank\" 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:'RWDZz3L1QqREectADcBmwA',sig:'3K3sW1kxn_FIZqDBNbbgi6IzKa8yQtohJZSaKemziu8=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1486826907',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Lorenzo Sonego vs Yoshihito Nishioka<\/h4>\n<h4>Head-to-head: Sonego 1-0 Nishioka (all levels)<\/h4>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to predict which Lorenzo Sonego you&#8217;ll get on any given day. If there was a likely place for Sonego to light up though, it would be here. The conditions of Rome should reward Sonego&#8217;s consistently heavy hitting, particularly given he&#8217;ll be amped up by the home crowd.<\/p>\n<p>There is no doubt Yoshihito Nishioka will be a thorn in the Italian&#8217;s side given his recent form. With the serve heavily exposed and the strokes of the Japanese not skipping through as much as they would on a hard-court, the advantage should go to Sonego.<br \/>\nPrediction:\u00a0<em>Sonego in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"h1FpIMlyQXBtI_jC3OTlkg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1481814793\" target=\"_blank\" 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:'h1FpIMlyQXBtI_jC3OTlkg',sig:'yobx863a7XdrHhBno-2s9J4mTImKg21mkulqr-oJpvg=',w:'594px',h:'364px',items:'1481814793',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Daniil Medvedev vs Emil Ruusuvuori<\/h4>\n<h4>Head-to-head: Medvedev 1-0 Ruusuvuori<\/h4>\n<p>Emil Ruusuvori has always been a lot like Jannik Sinner. Exceptionally clean striking off either wing and a return game that could make Novak Djokovic blush. On clay, with the return taking more of a spotlight, Ruusuvuori could absolutely find ways of stopping the rallies from extending.<\/p>\n<p>Daniil Medvedev has a 6-0 head-to-head against Jannik Sinner and one win in one meeting over Ruusuvuori&#8211;but he hasn&#8217;t played either of them on clay. Just like his Italian peer, it&#8217;ll likely be a far closer affair on this surface as Medvedev will so frequently be on the back foot. We think Ruusuvuori is the man to take advantage of the Russian&#8217;s vulnerability on the red dirt.<br \/>\nPrediction:\u00a0<em>Ruusuvuori in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo Credit: Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the fourth day of the ATP Masters in Rome, we&#8217;ve got some exciting match-ups. These include Yoshihito Nishioka, who will be looking to continue an exceptional 52-week stretch, against the explosive power of Lorenzo Sonego and a rematch of Frances Tiafoe&#8217;s first round win at the Australian Open over the loopy one-hander of Daniel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3704,"featured_media":0,"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":[2893,5908,7453,15831,498,15715,8884,15511,18097,18800,348,15512,5868,13325,17201,2404,15736,2373,2369,835,15714],"class_list":["post-56609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-predictions","tag-atp-rome","tag-atp-rome-predictions","tag-daniel-altmaier","tag-daniel-altmaier-predictions","tag-daniil-medvedev","tag-daniil-medvedev-predictions","tag-emil-ruusuvuori","tag-emil-ruusuvuori-predictions","tag-fabian-marozsan","tag-fabian-marozsan-predictions","tag-frances-tiafoe","tag-frances-tiafoe-predictions","tag-italian-open-predictions","tag-jiri-lehecka","tag-jiri-lehecka-predictions","tag-lorenzo-sonego","tag-lorenzo-sonego-predictions","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-yoshihito-nishioka","tag-yoshihito-nishioka-predictions"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56609","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\/3704"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56609\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}