{"id":57381,"date":"2023-06-19T14:04:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T18:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=57381"},"modified":"2023-06-19T14:04:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T18:04:13","slug":"atp-queens-club-day-2-predictions-murray-vs-de-minaur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/06\/19\/atp-queens-club-day-2-predictions-murray-vs-de-minaur\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Queen&#8217;s Club Day 2 Predictions Including Andy Murray vs Alex de Minaur\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An exciting lineup features on Day 2 of ATP Queen&#8217;s Club, with most eyes on World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz and home favorite Andy Murray. Read on for some of LWOS picks for these matches, with other predictions found <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-admin\/post-new.php\" target=\"_self\">here<\/a>. Tuesday&#8217;s action may arguably be one of the best opening rounds this tournament has ever seen.<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Queen&#8217;s Club Day 2 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4><span class=\"tsp-dib tsp-lpns tsp-npp\">Jiri\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"tsp-dib tsp-lpns tsp-npp\"><span class=\"tsp-dib tsp-lpns tsp-npp\">Lehecka vs\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"tsp-dib tsp-lpns tsp-npp\">Alejandro\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"tsp-dib tsp-lpns tsp-npp\">Davidovich\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"tsp-dib tsp-lpns tsp-npp\">Fokina<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4>Head-to-head: First meeting<\/h4>\n<p>Lehecka has already had a better grass court season than last, as he failed to win a grass court match in 2022. Davidovich Fokina has meanwhile established himself as a mainstay Top 30 player, with his evermore consistent game. The Spaniard picked up a huge win over 8th seed Hurkacz in the first round of last year&#8217;s Wimbledon, proving his cooperation with the grass. On a surface that many Spaniards struggle on, Fokina should have too much experience for his slightly younger opponent.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prediction: Davidovich Fokina in 2<\/em><br \/>\n<a id=\"NnuU9mPrSUVLpbSCyv66Yw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1499497864\" 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:'NnuU9mPrSUVLpbSCyv66Yw',sig:'gZUF5Odlqdrt_pdjGc0QIiAN2uAx_J-S98GxP9vEQ9k=',w:'594px',h:'376px',items:'1499497864',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 Botic van de Zandschulp<\/h4>\n<h4>Head-to-head: Tiafoe 1-0<\/h4>\n<p>This kind of matchup would usually draw red flags for Tiafoe; the American just picked up a big title win in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/06\/18\/frances-tiafoe-stuttgart-title\/\" target=\"_self\">Stuttgart<\/a>, sealing the match 10-8 in a third-set tiebreaker. With multiple long drawn-out matches played, injuries or simply residual fatigue could affect Tiafoe&#8217;s results in this match. However, Van de Zanschulp is in dreadful form, piling up losses and failing to win a match since his heartbreaking loss to Rune in Munich. As long as Tiafoe stays healthy, his grass-court tricks and tactics should get him through comfortably. The more matches he wins in the grass court tune-ups, the more fans could potentially see Tiafoe as a genuine title contender at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prediction: Tiafoe in 2<\/em><br \/>\n[cta id=445 type=cta]<\/p>\n<h4>Andy Murray vs Alex de Minaur<\/h4>\n<h4>Head-to-head: De Minaur 3-0<\/h4>\n<p>Close to a 50-50 matchup on paper, this match has a lot at stake for each player. Andy Murray&#8217;s recent challenger tour wins in Surbiton and Nottingham have skyrocketed his status as a grass court dark horse. While his wins grabbed more attention of pundits (mainly the British media) and made him a Top 15 Wimbledon betting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vegasinsider.com\/tennis\/odds\/wimbledon\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">favorite<\/a>, his chances of going deep at Wimbledon will plunge if he is unseeded. He&#8217;ll most likely be seeded if he can make the quarterfinals of this event, a feat that would require him to beat De Minaur and Schwartzman in the second round. However, De Minaur is a brutal first-round opponent. With his speed and crafty game, the Aussie excels on grass. Murray will have to take chances on breakpoints and serve well, something that&#8217;s gone from a weapon to an Achilles heel since his 2016 peak.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prediction: Murray in 3\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An exciting lineup features on Day 2 of ATP Queen&#8217;s Club, with most eyes on World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz and home favorite Andy Murray. Read on for some of LWOS picks for these matches, with other predictions found here. Tuesday&#8217;s action may arguably be one of the best opening rounds this tournament has ever [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4624,"featured_media":57394,"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":[5338,15416,564,15552,16,16057,6734,18748,18027,18028,348,15512,13325,18751,2369],"class_list":["post-57381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-alejandro-davidovich-fokina","tag-alejandro-davidovich-fokina-predictions","tag-alex-de-minaur","tag-alex-de-minaur-predictions","tag-andy-murray","tag-andy-murray-predictions","tag-atp-london-queens","tag-atp-tennis-picks","tag-botic-van-de-zandschlup","tag-botic-van-de-zandschlup-predictions","tag-frances-tiafoe","tag-frances-tiafoe-predictions","tag-jiri-lehecka","tag-jiri-lehecka-prediction","tag-tennis-predictions"],"modified_by":"Jakub Bobro","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57381","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\/4624"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}