{"id":57517,"date":"2023-06-25T17:24:55","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T21:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=57517"},"modified":"2023-06-25T17:24:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T21:24:55","slug":"atp-mallorca-day-2-predictions-zapata-miralles-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/06\/25\/atp-mallorca-day-2-predictions-zapata-miralles-harris\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Mallorca Day 2 Predictions Including Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs Lloyd Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wimbledon is coming but before we get there, we also have a couple of ATP events in Eastbourne and Mallorca. The local crowd will be hoping that Bernabe Zapata Miralles claims his opening round against Lloyd Harris, but it will be a tough one with the conditions suiting the South African a lot more. Who do you think will come out on top? We also look at the rest of the day&#8217;s matches <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/06\/25\/atp-mallorca-day-2-predictions-thompson-gasquet\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">in a separate article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Mallorca Day 2 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Roman Safiullin vs Abdullah Shelbayh<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:\u00a0<\/strong>First meeting<\/p>\n<p>Both players qualified for this event with a marathon win on Sunday. Abdullah Shelbayh stopped Arthur Rinderknech and once again showed how he can utilize his craftiness on the grass. Roman Safiullin was involved in a thriller with James McCabe and certainly could have been less up-and-down. He&#8217;ll need to come to this match with more discipline to hit through Shelbayh, who knows how to make the opponent uncomfortable. It&#8217;s grass though, so let&#8217;s give the tiny edge to the big hitter.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Safiullin in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"mWucALXOR1VhCHRT-or9nA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1484931405\" 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:'mWucALXOR1VhCHRT-or9nA',sig:'b3E4d1VF0m-I44pCXBpzs0mMah8DEs2YisiISfPe4do=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1484931405',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Alex Michelsen vs Christopher Eubanks<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:\u00a0<\/strong>First meeting<\/p>\n<p>Alex Michelsen could be a great player in a few years and the soon-to-be collegian (University of Georgia) is developing at a very rapid pace now. He also seems to be quickly finding his footing on the grass courts. In the qualifying here, he lost a tight match with Lloyd Harris, but got the call-up as a lucky loser. Christopher Eubanks might actually be forced to work in this one with his ground game usually not being at its sharpest when the bounce is low and there&#8217;s not much time to produce the strokes.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Michelsen in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[cta id=591 type=cta]<\/p>\n<h4>Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs Lloyd Harris<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:\u00a0<\/strong>First meeting<\/p>\n<p>Lloyd Harris has had some seriously unlucky draws recently and it&#8217;s making his comeback progress at a much slower pace. It might be about to change as he certainly won&#8217;t be complaining about this particular opening round. Bernabe Zapata Miralles qualified for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wimbledon\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Wimbledon<\/a> two years in a row but on both occasions, the paths were kinda soft. The Spaniard isn&#8217;t as poor on grass as some other clay-court specialists, but if Harris wants to get back to the top of the sport, he has to be winning matches like this.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Harris in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo Credit: Andy Abeyta\/The Desert Sun\/USAToday Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wimbledon is coming but before we get there, we also have a couple of ATP events in Eastbourne and Mallorca. The local crowd will be hoping that Bernabe Zapata Miralles claims his opening round against Lloyd Harris, but it will be a tough one with the conditions suiting the South African a lot more. 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