{"id":66114,"date":"2024-04-15T16:49:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T20:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=66114"},"modified":"2024-04-15T16:49:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T20:49:07","slug":"atp-barcelona-day-2-predictions-baez-arnaldi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2024\/04\/15\/atp-barcelona-day-2-predictions-baez-arnaldi\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Barcelona Day 2 Predictions Including Sebastian Baez vs Matteo Arnaldi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 2 at the ATP Barcelona Open will be overshadowed by the return of 12-time champion, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2024\/04\/15\/five-rafael-nadal-records-that-may-never-be-broken\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Rafael Nadal<\/a>. We predict his match, and others, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2024\/04\/15\/atp-bucharest-day-2-predictions-borges-wawrinka\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">in a separate article<\/a>. Who will potentially make it to the next round from the other matches?<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Barcelona Day 2 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Dusan Lajovic vs Diego Schwartzman<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head\u2013to\u2013Head: <\/strong>Lajovic 3 vs 3 Schwartzman<\/p>\n<p>Ordinarily this should be a walkover for Dusan Lajovic against an erstwhile out-of-form Diego Schwartzman but the Serb\u2019s current poor form has coincided with the Argentine\u2019s seeming resurgence.<\/p>\n<p>Both players have traded their head-to-head on all surfaces and on clay but on the back of two recent wins, Schwartzman should be confident of grinding out a win against a familiar opponent.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Schwartzman in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[tgdcta items=&#8221;1&#8243; id=&#8221;170466&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h4>Borna Coric vs Facundo Diaz Acosta<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head\u2013to\u2013Head: <\/strong>First Meeting<\/p>\n<p>Borna Coric is the better and more experienced player on this surface but he\u2019s played only twice on clay this season and lost his most recent game. Facundo Diaz Acosta on the other hand is on a 11-6 record this year. He won the Challenger title in Montevideo to add to his maiden title on tour in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/buenos-aires\/506\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buenos Aires<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Diaz Acosta will certainly be looking to consolidate on his progress this season and he stands a chance to win this if he puts his best foot forward.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Diaz Acosta in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"jeeHIG5DTqJgwjIhpYLBDg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2018755331\" 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:'jeeHIG5DTqJgwjIhpYLBDg',sig:'MsKwP88QHYwbTxQR1pwMUv1Bk9mxneeVUUjfIUEetQo=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2018755331',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs Nick Hardt<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head\u2013to\u2013Head: <\/strong>First Meeting<\/p>\n<p>Nick Hardt is on a remarkable 22-5 win-loss record on clay this season. There is no reason he shouldn\u2019t be confident taking this game to Tomas Martin Etcheverry. The Argentine only managed to win a single game as he was comprehensively outclassed in Monte Carlo by eventual champion Stefanos Tsitsipas.<\/p>\n<p>Hardt will make this hard for the Argentine, but Etcheverry hasn\u2019t lost consecutive matches on the dirt this season.\u00a0 Back the\u00a0 more experienced player to outclass the emerging Dominican star.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Etcheverry in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"-x4TNRRWTZJYW_SyJ15MWg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2008855588\" 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:'-x4TNRRWTZJYW_SyJ15MWg',sig:'V43jB9mLi7SkfudA1hm0GQZR_qrPuoKEgS7N4dUR5Zk=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2008855588',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Sebastian Baez vs Matteo Arnaldi<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head\u2013to\u2013Head: <\/strong>First Meeting<\/p>\n<p>Sebastian Baez is currently experiencing a regression after a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2024\/03\/06\/sebastian-baez-primed-for-reign-on-clay\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">ten-match winning streak<\/a> earned him titles in Rio and Santiago. He capitulated against Jan-Lennard Struff in Monte Carlo after going a set up and remains to be seen what version steps on court against a refreshed Matteo Arnaldi. The Italian having benefitted from Arthur Cazaux\u2019s retirement in their first-round encounter.<\/p>\n<p>As doubts linger over Baez\u2019s form and fitness after losing three on the trot, Arnaldi is the player to back here in their first meeting.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Arnaldi in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[tgdcta items=&#8221;1&#8243; id=&#8221;170468&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 2 at the ATP Barcelona Open will be overshadowed by the return of 12-time champion, Rafael Nadal. We predict his match, and others, in a separate article. Who will potentially make it to the next round from the other matches? ATP Barcelona Day 2 Predictions Dusan Lajovic vs Diego Schwartzman Head\u2013to\u2013Head: Lajovic 3 vs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4883,"featured_media":56575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[5500,18761,346,17408,1124,15560,2070,15581,10747,18622,17610,17611,18293,41985,13328,16260,12521,17182],"class_list":["post-66114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-atp-barcelona-predictions","tag-barcelona-open-predictions","tag-borna-coric","tag-borna-coric-predictions","tag-diego-schwartzman","tag-diego-schwartzman-predictions","tag-dusan-lajovic","tag-dusan-lajovic-predictions","tag-facundo-diaz-acosta","tag-facundo-diaz-acosta-predictions","tag-matteo-arnaldi","tag-matteo-arnaldi-predictions","tag-nick-hardt","tag-nick-hardt-predictions","tag-sebastian-baez","tag-sebastian-baez-predictions","tag-tomas-martin-etcheverry","tag-tomas-martin-etcheverry-predictions"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66114","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\/4883"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}