{"id":56927,"date":"2023-05-27T12:29:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T16:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=56927"},"modified":"2023-05-27T12:29:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T16:29:25","slug":"french-open-day-1-predictions-rublev-vs-djere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/05\/27\/french-open-day-1-predictions-rublev-vs-djere\/","title":{"rendered":"French Open Day 1 Predictions Including Andrey Rublev vs Laslo Djere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday at the French Open is opening the show with some exciting match-ups, including Andrey Rublev playing his opener. As always, we here at LWOT will preview and predict every match. Who do you think will be victorious on Day 1?<\/p>\n<h2>French Open Day 1 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4 class=\"p1\">Matteo Arnaldi vs Daniel Elahi Galan<\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\">Andreas Pelekis: Arnaldi stunned the tennis world with a win over Casper Ruud in Madrid, and look for him to continue the momentum in Paris. Galan made a challenger final this year, but hasn\u2019t been in his best form compared to last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Prediction: Arnaldi in 4<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Damian Kust: Besides the prodigies like Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti, Matteo Arnaldi is the first of the young Italian army to break the top 100. He absolutely deserves it too with some amazing development especially in his attacking game. Getting a Slam win would be a very logical step and he\u2019s in better form than Daniel Elahi Galan right now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Prediction: Arnaldi in 5<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jakub Bobro: Galan beat Arnaldi in the final round of US Open qualifying before he took out Stefanos Tsitsipas. The Colombian reached semifinals at Challengers 175s in Cagliari and Turin while Anraldi reached the third round in Madrid out of qualifying. I expect a close contest with Galan coming out on top.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Prediction: Galan in 5<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"CPANdRGUSShwDWVWbPpudw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1254891091\" 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:'CPANdRGUSShwDWVWbPpudw',sig:'dAimicWf6K2earsCYeJFulvVLh6G0poGHYJQl0rXUCc=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1254891091',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\">Alexander Shevchenko vs Oscar Otte<\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\">Andreas: Shevchenko has flown under the radar recently and took Medvedev to 7-5 in the third in Madrid. Otte is also nowhere near his best form, falling out of the top 100 this season. While Shevchenko is making his main draw debut, he should win this one in a close battle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Prediction: Shevchenko in 5<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Damian: Oscar Otte had his peak last year, but he hasn\u2019t been himself since that injury in the summer. Now he\u2019s kinda plodding along and not really getting that many wins. Alexander Shevchenko is here to stay on the main tour and even physically, he should have a pretty firm advantage in this one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Prediction: Shevchenko in 3<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jakub: Otte has struggled to string wins together and has not really had an impressive one outside of beating Sebastian Baez on home turf in Munich. Shevchenko has broken out this year and with clay being his best surface, he could emerge as a dark horse here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Prediction: Shevchenko in 4<\/i><\/p>\n<p>[cta id=4013 type=cta]<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\">Lucas Pouille vs Jurij Rodionov<\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\">Andreas: A familiar matchup, as it will be four days since their match in the final round of qualifying. Pouille sealed an emotional victory assisted by the home crowd, and with a larger court and bigger crowd for this match, the outcome should be the same in their main draw match.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Prediction: Pouille in 4 <\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Damian: This match has already happened in the final qualifying round and Jurij Rodionov totally crumbled under pressure from the crowd and Lucas Pouille, who\u2019s suddenly playing his best stuff in years. Can he replicate this over the best-of-five format? My gut says no, although his performances this week certainly would suggest so.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Prediction: Rodionov in 5<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jakub: A rematch of a final qualifying round from a couple of days ago, Pouille winning with a third-set bagel and Rodionov getting in as a lucky loser. I see the Austrian pushing him all the way but it is clear that Pouille has managed to recapture some of his former magic in Paris and I expect him to come through.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Prediction: Pouille in 5<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"EFRePHHHTphNFCEOA_s2ww\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1395419560\" 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:'EFRePHHHTphNFCEOA_s2ww',sig:'PbUnXllJRAOdTrp5w-LHIASc1ubO4wSGvNlBIfB2PJI=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1395419560',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\">Andrey Rublev vs Laslo Djere<\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\">Andreas: Djere made the Round of 16 in Rome and has shown signs of improvement, but Rublev should be too solid. Djere may take the first set, but Rublev will shake off nerves and cruise to the second round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Prediction: Rublev in 4<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Damian: These two have had some contentious matches in the past, including in the longer format (five-setter at least year\u2019s US Open). Even if Andrey Rublev falls into some trouble here, the best-of-five scenario should give him enough time to sort out the issues and eventually take down Laslo Djere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Prediction: Rublev in 4<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jakub: Rublev has won four of their five previous matches, not losing the Djere since 2016. The Serb did push him all the way in their US Open opener last year but 12-3 on clay on the season, I see Rublev taking care of business here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Prediction: Rublev in 3<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday at the French Open is opening the show with some exciting match-ups, including Andrey Rublev playing his opener. As always, we here at LWOT will preview and predict every match. Who do you think will be victorious on Day 1? French Open Day 1 Predictions Matteo Arnaldi vs Daniel Elahi Galan Andreas Pelekis: Arnaldi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1821,"featured_media":56350,"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":[18842,17966,15413,17312,2942,16060,15498,15986,17611,15934,2373,2369],"class_list":["post-56927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-2023-french-open","tag-alexander-shevchenko-predictions","tag-andrey-rublev-predictions","tag-david-elahi-galan-predictions","tag-french-open-predictions","tag-jurij-rodionov-predictions","tag-laslo-djere-predictions","tag-lucas-pouille-predictions","tag-matteo-arnaldi-predictions","tag-oscar-otte-predictions","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions"],"modified_by":"Jakub Bobro","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56927","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\/1821"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}