{"id":63338,"date":"2024-01-28T14:27:23","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T19:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=63338"},"modified":"2024-01-28T14:27:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T19:27:23","slug":"atp-montpellier-day-1-predictions-murray-paire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2024\/01\/28\/atp-montpellier-day-1-predictions-murray-paire\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Montpellier Day 1 Predictions Including Andy Murray vs Benoit Paire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2024\/01\/28\/sinner-storms-back-to-defeat-medvedev-for-australian-open-title\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Jannik Sinner wins the Australian Open<\/a> and, quick as a flash, we&#8217;re back on court on the ATP Tour, this week in Montpellier, France. This week, we&#8217;re in Montpellier and we&#8217;ve made some predictions for the first round of action including matches for Andy Murray and Benjamin Bonzi.<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Montpellier Day 1 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Daniel Rincon vs Antoine Esoffier<\/h4>\n<h4>Head-to-head: Rincon 1-0 Escoffier<\/h4>\n<p>Daniel Rincon, a young lefty from Spain, takes on Antoine Escoffier in qualifying, a French veteran that&#8217;s played in the lower tier of tournaments for a long time. Though Rincon doesn&#8217;t have many high ranking wins on hard courts so far, his level is steadily creeping in the right direction&#8211;plus his highest ranking win came against Escoffier.<\/p>\n<p>Though Escoffier will have the experience required to make things awkward, Rincon should be the more accomplished hitter.<br \/>\nPrediction:\u00a0<em>Rincon in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Jaume Munar vs Pedro Martinez<\/h4>\n<h4>Head-to-head: Martinez 2-0 Munar<\/h4>\n<p>Pedro Martinez is on the brink of the Top 100 and deservedly so. He&#8217;s won a hard court and clay court <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/category\/atp-challenger-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Challenger<\/a> in the last three months and he reached the final of the hard court Challenger in Tenerife at the start of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Though Jaume Munar is extremely difficult to put away, Martinez is a dangerous player and will feel confident playing aggressive on a hard court. Martinez won this match up in Brest in October and we think this one will go the same way.<br \/>\nPrediction:\u00a0<em>Martinez in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"yA5A0TAZR3NkMxLVsjU5Yg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1493965446\" 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:'yA5A0TAZR3NkMxLVsjU5Yg',sig:'S9ggE8a8I66a15W2Q_5WK7CqUKOMhpky2kc9OYUiRK0=',w:'594px',h:'395px',items:'1493965446',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Benjamin Bonzi vs Michael Mmoh<\/h4>\n<h4>Head-to-head: First meeting<\/h4>\n<p>Benjamin Bozni may be on a six-match losing streak but the Frenchman has been close in all of his matches against quality opponents. It&#8217;s good to see him close to firing on all cylinders after only playing sporadically last year.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Mmoh is playing steadily and has taken down plenty of lower ranked opponents in the last few months but Bonzi has the game to take control of this one.<br \/>\nPrediction:\u00a0<em>Bonzi in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"cyAda3bGTJ9ukMFNE63gBg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1933660163\" 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:'cyAda3bGTJ9ukMFNE63gBg',sig:'5l_BRdEBeGUCbxdlHSTI3mboItFBTtNWaF9YcTz0pvg=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1933660163',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Andy Murray vs Benoit Paire<\/h4>\n<h4>Head-to-head: Murray 3-0 Paire<\/h4>\n<p>Andy Murray has been beating himself. He&#8217;s not been enjoying his tennis and it&#8217;s shown on the court, his performance severely lacking in his loss to Tomas Martin Etcheverry at the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/australian-open\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Australian Open<\/a>. He&#8217;s a dogged fighter, however, and will know he has to start winning to create any confidence on the court.<\/p>\n<p>Against a very up and down opponent in Benoit Paire that also relies on variety, this is a great opportunity for Murray to pick himself back up.<br \/>\nPrediction:\u00a0<em>Murray in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jannik Sinner wins the Australian Open and, quick as a flash, we&#8217;re back on court on the ATP Tour, this week in Montpellier, France. This week, we&#8217;re in Montpellier and we&#8217;ve made some predictions for the first round of action including matches for Andy Murray and Benjamin Bonzi. 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