{"id":57552,"date":"2023-06-26T14:58:17","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T18:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=57552"},"modified":"2023-06-26T14:58:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T18:58:17","slug":"atp-eastbourne-day-2-predictions-zhang-sonego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/06\/26\/atp-eastbourne-day-2-predictions-zhang-sonego\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Eastbourne Day 2 Predictions Including Lorenzo Sonego vs Zhizhen Zhang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five singles main draw matches remain to be completed in the opening round of the 2023 ATP Rothesay International in Eastbourne. 2021 runner-up Lorenzo Sonego opens his campaign against the recent Madrid quarterfinalist Zhizhen Zhang. Who do you think will advance?<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Eastbourne Day 2 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Mackenzie McDonald vs Marco Cecchinato<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: <\/strong>1-1<\/p>\n<p>Marco Cechinato actually made the semifinals in Eastbourne in 2019, but has never won a single grass-court match at any other event. His most recent couple of results really didn&#8217;t make it seem like he&#8217;s in great shape either. Mackenzie McDonald&#8217;s aggressive flat-hitting style just corresponds with the surface much better than the heavy topspin on both wings that Cecchinato brings to the court.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: McDonald in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Liam Broady vs Jan Choinski<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: <\/strong>First meeting<\/p>\n<p>Some Brits don&#8217;t necessarily enjoy grass courts that much and these two are definitely examples of that. Jan Choinski grew up in Germany though and Liam Broady just couldn&#8217;t quite land any results on this surface until recently. He totally should though with the unpleasant flat backhand and he finally made a run at Wimbledon last year. He is definitely the favorite to beat Choinski here as well.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Broady in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"f6n0Gor-ToZkX2GzSEG3aA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1502384097\" 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:'f6n0Gor-ToZkX2GzSEG3aA',sig:'2tu9KzITQSD7UguXeUHA-9piPlHFI_wsQ-UTZf6Hy7o=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1502384097',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Mikael Ymer vs Botic van de Zandschulp<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: <\/strong>Ymer 2-1<\/p>\n<p>Both players lost their last few matches and it&#8217;s actually pretty hard to tell who&#8217;s going to utilize the grass court better here. Botic van de Zandschulp has the bigger weapons, but Mikael Ymer&#8217;s grit and foot speed are important assets in quicker conditions too. Someone is going to grab a much-needed win here. Maybe a small edge can be granted to the Dutchman, who prevailed in their meeting in Dubai earlier this year.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: van de Zandschulp in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[cta id=4014 type=cta]<\/p>\n<h4>Daniel Elahi Galan vs Maxime Cressy<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: <\/strong>First meeting<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2020\/09\/01\/maxime-cressy-the-craziest-player-youve-never-heard-of\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Maxime Cressy<\/a> needs a run very soon as he is currently on an 11-match losing streak and has to defend his runner-up points here. He didn&#8217;t have much momentum going into the grass season last year either and managed to turn it around. The double fault count has skyrocketed recently but if he cannot beat a rather inexperienced grass-courter in Daniel Elahi Galan here, he&#8217;ll be in real trouble.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Cressy in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"F_HxpO3SQEpeuCpdHdp0EQ\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1500026645\" 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:'F_HxpO3SQEpeuCpdHdp0EQ',sig:'6uLL-pXlhstYqn1gA065tUEthDyGDlspNsmVdyehx28=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1500026645',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Zhizhen Zhang vs Lorenzo Sonego<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: <\/strong>First meeting<\/p>\n<p>Zhizhen Zhang has a huge game, but he also enjoys having a lot of time on the ball. Lorenzo Sonego is just a more natural grass-courter with the ability to take it early and plenty of experience on the surface, including the final in Eastbourne two years ago. Zhang&#8217;s serve will be tough to handle here, but Sonego should have a clear edge off the ground as well.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Sonego in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five singles main draw matches remain to be completed in the opening round of the 2023 ATP Rothesay International in Eastbourne. 2021 runner-up Lorenzo Sonego opens his campaign against the recent Madrid quarterfinalist Zhizhen Zhang. Who do you think will advance? ATP Eastbourne Day 2 Predictions Mackenzie McDonald vs Marco Cecchinato Head-to-head: 1-1 Marco Cechinato [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2968,"featured_media":55704,"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":[6803,9553,15938,5388,15600,18292,18901,2665,16042,2404,15736,2400,15602,155,15456,9894,16325,6206,15825,18921,2373,2369,8561,16179],"class_list":["post-57552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-atp-eastbourne-predictions","tag-botic-van-de-zandschulp","tag-botic-van-de-zandschulp-predictions","tag-daniel-elahi-galan","tag-daniel-elahi-galan-predictions","tag-jan-choinski","tag-jan-choinski-predictions","tag-liam-broady","tag-liam-broady-predictions","tag-lorenzo-sonego","tag-lorenzo-sonego-predictions","tag-mackenzie-mcdonald","tag-mackenzie-mcdonald-predictions","tag-marco-cecchinato","tag-marco-cecchinato-predictions","tag-maxime-cressy","tag-maxime-cressy-predictions","tag-mikael-ymer","tag-mikael-ymer-predictions","tag-rothesay-international-predictions","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-zhizhen-zhang","tag-zhizhen-zhang-predictions"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57552","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\/2968"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}