{"id":64853,"date":"2024-03-07T22:09:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T03:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=64853"},"modified":"2024-03-08T00:55:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T05:55:36","slug":"atp-indian-wells-day-3-predictions-auger-aliassime-lestienne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2024\/03\/07\/atp-indian-wells-day-3-predictions-auger-aliassime-lestienne\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Indian Wells Day 3 Predictions Including Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Constant Lestienne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the second round begins on Day 3 of the ATP Masters in Indian Wells, the seeds come into play as the world&#8217;s top players begin the event. As always, we here at LastWordOnTennis predict all of the matches for you. We present four matches in this article, with the rest of Friday&#8217;s matches split between three other articles. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In three separate articles, we have match predictions featuring <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2024\/03\/07\/atp-indian-wells-day-3-predictions-rublev-murray\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andrey Rublev vs Andy Murray<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2024\/03\/07\/atp-indian-wells-day-3-predictions-sinner-kokkinakis\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jannik Sinner vs Thanasi Kokkinakis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2024\/03\/08\/atp-indian-wells-day-3-predictions-alcaraz-arnaldi\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carlos Alcaraz vs Matteo Arnaldi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span>Who do you think will advance?<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Indian Wells Day 3 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Karen Khachanov vs Thiago Seyboth Wild<\/h4>\n<p>Seyboth Wild looked like a potential breakout star years back, but he hasn&#8217;t really gone anywhere yet. It&#8217;s unfortunate for him, as the potential remains there. On a slower hard court he&#8217;ll have some advantages over the Russian, but Khachanov is too good and too solid to let this be a battle.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Khachanov in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[tgdcta items=&#8221;1&#8243; id=&#8221;170468&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h4>Alexander Bublik vs Juncheng Shang<\/h4>\n<p>Bublik seems to be <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/03\/03\/alexander-bublik-underrated-maverick\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">taking things more seriously<\/a> recently, and it&#8217;s come with benefits. He&#8217;s winning more consistently and his ranking has risen. Unfortunately, he&#8217;s about to meet a buzzsaw. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/03\/23\/meet-shang-juncheng-new-chinese-wonderkid\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Juncheng Shang is a future elite player<\/a>, and he&#8217;s in rare form this week. Shang blitzed his way through qualifying and the opening round, and he shows no signs of slowing down yet.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Shang in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"9MO5SWUTSEZkaLj9_V90Rw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1946606784\" 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:'9MO5SWUTSEZkaLj9_V90Rw',sig:'uJ5bndnQrRfUBBHdPHaBJq1_OutErD3IWHwIuKtqpJw=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1946606784',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Jan-Lennard Struff vs Borna Coric<\/h4>\n<p>Struff might be the seed, but Coric has more talent and is the better player. The Croat is woefully inconsistent, but he&#8217;s also a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2022\/08\/21\/borna-coric-cincinnati\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">former Masters champion<\/a> for a reason. Coric will put things back together eventually, and when he does the entire world needs to beware.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Coric in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"AD9_bdsWR0lUvmEZx3kVYQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1999556762\" 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:'AD9_bdsWR0lUvmEZx3kVYQ',sig:'prCyPxVDuEgrHQULfeqguv43d00AoDrxGav_nhUiBw0=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1999556762',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Constant Lestienne<\/h4>\n<p>Lestienne has played a brutal schedule this year, literally <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/damiankust\/status\/1765862036561424738\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">competing every week<\/a> of the season so far. That has to catch up to him eventually. Even if Auger-Aliassime isn&#8217;t at his best right now, the Canadian is the better player and in better condition. I don&#8217;t expect a tight match.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Auger-Aliassime in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[tgdcta items=&#8221;1&#8243; id=&#8221;170466&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo Credit: Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the second round begins on Day 3 of the ATP Masters in Indian Wells, the seeds come into play as the world&#8217;s top players begin the event. As always, we here at LastWordOnTennis predict all of the matches for you. 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