{"id":58833,"date":"2023-08-21T22:30:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T02:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=58833"},"modified":"2023-08-21T23:09:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T03:09:41","slug":"atp-winston-salem-day-3-predictions-fils-nakashima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/08\/21\/atp-winston-salem-day-3-predictions-fils-nakashima\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Winston-Salem Day 3 Predictions Including Arthur Fils vs Brandon Nakashima"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Winston-Salem Open in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is the final lead-up event to the US Open. Established in 2011, this 250-level event brings in some younger, talented players looking to make noise at an ATP hardcourt event. Day 3 of the Winston-Salem Open is loaded with second-round matches, including No. 7 seed Arthur Fils taking on Brandon Nakashima. We at LWOT have the preview and prediction for that match and all other happenings around the grounds of Winston-Salem \u2013 in two separate articles, featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/08\/21\/atp-winston-salem-day-3-predictions-coric-hijikata\/\" target=\"_self\">Borna Coric vs Rinky Hijikata<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/08\/21\/atp-winston-salem-day-3-predictions-korda-bonzi\/\" target=\"_self\">Sebastian Korda vs Benjamin Bonzi<\/a>. \u00a0But who will advance?<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Winston-Salem Day 3 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Botic van de Zandschulp vs Omni Kumar<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-Head:<\/strong> first meeting<\/p>\n<p>No. 8 Botic van de Zandschulp squares off against Lucky Loer Omni Kumar in the second round in Winston-Salem. Kumar, a 21-year-old American, picked up the best win of his career when he took down Arthur Rinderknech in Round 1. It was the first tour-level win of his young career. Unfortunately for Kumar, he will have a tough time hanging with the baseline consistency of van de Zandschulp. The Dutchman will be able to push Kumar around the court all match long.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prediction: van de Zandschulp in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"DajsPn3rROhxml_oK6NqfA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1418060007\" 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:'DajsPn3rROhxml_oK6NqfA',sig:'TYDbMgefEaM-ygkAR-r0LBhciq_LxEQaCApWbDfU0CU=',w:'594px',h:'410px',items:'1418060007',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Aleksander Vukic vs Luca Van Assche<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-Head:<\/strong> Vukic 0-1 Van Assche<\/p>\n<p>No. 9 seed Aleksander Vukic begins his Winston-Salem Open campaign against Luca Van Assche. The 19-year-old Frenchman picked up the first ATP hardcourt victory of his career on Monday over Thai Son Kwiatkowski. Van Assche brings a solid baseline game and high-level movement to the court. That said, he will have to raise his level if he wants to beat Vukic. The Aussie holds a 7-4 record during the North American hardcourt swing with five top-40 wins. Vukic will be too strong from the back of the court, as the Frenchman will have a limited way to win points in this match.<\/p>\n<p>[cta id=445 type=cta]<\/p>\n<p><em>Prediction: Vukic in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Laslo Djere vs Facundo Diaz Acosta<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-Head:<\/strong> first meeting<\/p>\n<p>No. 4 seed Laslo Djere takes on 22-year-old Argentinian Facundo Diaz Acosta in the second round in Winston-Salem. This year, Diaz Acosta has been a terrific Challenger-level player, posting a 32-10 record. He picked up his second career ATP victory on Monday when he came from a set down to take down Quentin Halys. The young Argentinian has a bright future ahead of him, but it is a tall task to see him getting a victory over a top-35 player on a hard court.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prediction: Djere in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"OPit3j5oS-p9K14yJNqu4w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1418339361\" 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:'OPit3j5oS-p9K14yJNqu4w',sig:'2xicBaJwEOi3ewml-pvp2kSRfnsnY4nWyzy9M4-1icg=',w:'594px',h:'389px',items:'1418339361',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Arthur Fils vs Brandon Nakashima<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-Head:<\/strong> Fils 1-0 Nakashima<\/p>\n<p>19-year-old Arthur Fils has had a tremendous year to break into the world&#8217;s top 50. He holds a 33-15 record across all levels this season, including 16 wins over top 100 players. He takes on Brandon Nakashima in Round 2 of the Winston-Salem Open. Fils bested Nakashima 7-5 4-6 7-6 on the clay courts of Lyon earlier this year. The 22-year-old American has struggled to find form this season as he deals with a knee injury. He picked up a three-set win over Jason Kubler in Round 1 for just his fourth win since June. Nakashima is the better hardcourt player, but I trust Fils&#8217; ability to sustain a high level as the match progresses.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prediction: Fils in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Main Photo Credit: Jonathan Hui &#8211; USA TODAY Sports<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Winston-Salem Open in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is the final lead-up event to the US Open. Established in 2011, this 250-level event brings in some younger, talented players looking to make noise at an ATP hardcourt event. Day 3 of the Winston-Salem Open is loaded with second-round matches, including No. 7 seed Arthur Fils taking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4067,"featured_media":56977,"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":[16922,16923,18371,18372,8118,8125,9553,15938,10956,16202,10747,18622,4775,15498,16712,18325,19110,19057,2373,2369],"class_list":["post-58833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-aleksander-vukic","tag-aleksander-vukic-predictions","tag-arthur-fils","tag-arthur-fils-predictions","tag-atp-winston-salem","tag-atp-winston-salem-predictions","tag-botic-van-de-zandschulp","tag-botic-van-de-zandschulp-predictions","tag-brandon-nakashima","tag-brandon-nakashima-predictions","tag-facundo-diaz-acosta","tag-facundo-diaz-acosta-predictions","tag-laslo-djere","tag-laslo-djere-predictions","tag-luca-van-assche","tag-luca-van-assche-predictions","tag-omni-kumar","tag-omni-kumar-predictions","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions"],"modified_by":"Shane Black","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58833","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\/4067"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}