{"id":70956,"date":"2024-07-27T13:00:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T17:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=70956"},"modified":"2024-07-26T23:50:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T03:50:24","slug":"paris-olympics-mens-day-2-predictions-nadal-fucsovics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2024\/07\/27\/paris-olympics-mens-day-2-predictions-nadal-fucsovics\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Olympics Men’s Day 2 Predictions Including Rafael Nadal vs Marton Fucsovics"},"content":{"rendered":"

The tennis tournaments at the Paris Olympics continue with 17 men\u2019s singles matches on Sunday. The quest for Gold features some of the top players in the sport. As always, we here at LastWordOnTennis will predict all matches for you. We split the 17 matches into four articles. The other articles feature Casper Ruud vs Taro Daniel<\/a>, Lorenzo Musetti vs Gael Monfils<\/a> and Alexander Zverev vs Jaume Munar<\/a> . Predicting these matches are Yesh Ginsburg, Ateet Shrivastava, and Damian Kust. Who do you think will move on to Round 2?<\/p>\n

We will link to our other Olympic predictions, including doubles, at the bottom of the article. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Paris Olympics Men’s Day 2 Predictions<\/h2>\n

Milos Raonic (Canada) vs Dominik Koepfer (Germany)<\/h4>\n

Yesh<\/em>
\nThe Raonic serve isn\u2019t what it once was, and it\u2019s hard to know how healthy he is. Plus he\u2019s never loved the clay. That\u2019s a bad combination.
\nPrediction: Koepfer in 2<\/em><\/p>\n

Ateet<\/em>
\nMilos Raonic hasn’t played a clay court match since 2020, and the only reason he’s here is because it’s his final Olympic appearance. He looked good in his previous matches on grass and his serve will be a weapon on clay as well. Even if Dominik Koepfer isn’t playing well right now, he has more match practice on clay and sould succeed.
\nPrediction: Koepfer in 3<\/em><\/p>\n

Damian<\/em>
\nRaonic\u2019s health is a mystery as usual, but on clay this is going to be a very tricky match for him. Koepfer can neutralize powerful players and is such a tricky opponent to face. Any extended rally should be going in favor of the German, regardless of Raonic showing up healthy or injured.
\nPrediction: Koepfer in 2<\/em><\/p>\n

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Arthur Fils (France) vs Matteo Arnaldi (Italy)<\/h4>\n

Yesh<\/em>
\nThis is a great matchup for the opening round. These two could have easily met later in the tournament with a different draw. Fils is better, but Arnaldi has the matchup advantages.
\nPrediction: Arnadli in 2<\/em><\/p>\n

Ateet<\/em>
\nThis has the potential to be one of the matches of the day as these two talented young players will want to make their mark at the Olympics. Matteo Arnaldi has had the upper hand in this rivalry but Fils has grown as a player since their last meeting at the French Open. The Frenchman won his biggest title in Hamburg and would be determined to get a win over the Italian. Fils, with the support of the home fans, has the edge.
\nPrediction: Fils in 3<\/em><\/p>\n

Damian<\/em>
\nArnaldi is dominating this head-to-head, including the opening round at Roland Garros this year. Every time he plays Fils, he just brings so much clarity to the court and knows exactly what to do to extract the errors. But after the Frenchman picked up the ATP 500 title in Hamburg recently, maybe this is his moment to start turning this rivalry around.
\nPrediction: Fils in 3<\/em><\/p>\n

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