{"id":71140,"date":"2024-07-28T18:57:36","date_gmt":"2024-07-28T22:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=71140"},"modified":"2024-07-28T18:57:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T22:57:36","slug":"paris-mens-day-3-predictions-alcaraz-griekspoor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2024\/07\/28\/paris-mens-day-3-predictions-alcaraz-griekspoor\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Olympics Men&#8217;s Day 3 Predictions Including Carlos Alcaraz vs Tallon Griekspoor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The tennis tournaments at the Paris Olympics continue with eight second-round men\u2019s singles matches on Monday. 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. The other article features <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2024\/07\/28\/paris-olympics-day-3-mens-predictions-djokovic-nadal\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Novak Djokovic vs. Rafael Nadal<\/a>. Damian Kust, Manuel Traquete, and Jordan Reynolds predict these matches. Who do you think will move on to Round 3?<\/p>\n<h2>Paris Olympics Men&#8217;s Day 3 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Dan Evans<\/h4>\n<p><em>Damian<\/em><br \/>\nThis season has been extremely tough for Evans and he will soon have that monumental task of trying to defend 500 points for winning Washington. He usually steps up in team-based scenarios though, but even his opener against Echargui was quite difficult. Right now and on clay, he\u2019s just not at the level of Tsitsipas at all.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Tsitsipas in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Manuel<\/em><br \/>\nTsitsipas is one of the best clay court players in the world and he has won all 8 sets he has played against Evans in his career in routine fashion. It&#8217;s a very comfortable matchup for him, even more so on clay.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Tsitsipas in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Jordan<\/em><br \/>\nEvans created headlines for his extraordinary comeback alongside Andy Murray in the men\u2019s doubles, where they saved five match points to win. However, he struggles on clay in singles. Tsitsipas\u2019 entire game is better on the dirt, and I do not foresee him having problems getting to the next round.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Tsitsipas in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[tgdcta items=&#8221;1&#8243; id=&#8221;170468&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h4>Matteo Arnaldi vs Dominik Koepfer<\/h4>\n<p><em>Damian<\/em><br \/>\nArnaldi is dominating in the Fils matchup with a 5-0 lead by now, but there are many other rivalries where he doesn\u2019t quite play with the same clarity of thought. Koepfer might be a good example for that as the Italian will have to dictate play more here and restrict himself from overhitting, the opponent won\u2019t do it for him. He\u2019s so talented, maybe he figures it out.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Arnaldi in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Manuel<\/em><br \/>\nKoepfer won a three tiebreak tussle against Raonic today, while Arnaldi was far more impressive against Fils; he is also generally the better player of the two and the more comfortable on clay. He should be able to keep advancing here, with Nadal or Djokovic awaiting him in the next round.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Arnaldi in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Jordan<\/em><br \/>\nArnaldi possess the greater firepower in this matchup, but Koepfer is a tricky customer, especially on clay. The German\u2019s defense is strong and tough to breach. But I doubt it is quite good enough to hold off Arnaldi over three sets.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Arnaldi in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"8gJmFD7bTaJ5PSGxAnI8aw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1486018995\" 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:'8gJmFD7bTaJ5PSGxAnI8aw',sig:'b1rcx2izWfVDjtANSvzf4qz216xUJRzrvhdGD04lC_k=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1486018995',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 Roman Safiullin<\/h4>\n<p><em>Damian<\/em><br \/>\nSafiullin picked up a pretty unexpected win over Tabilo given the form of both players going into the event (and the surface they were playing at). Etcheverry is more reliable than the Chilean though and might be more tricky to outrally. This is probably the match where it turns out the Safiullin clay magic was very brief.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Etcheverry in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Manuel<\/em><br \/>\nSafiullin had a great first round win against Tabilo but on clay Etcheverry is the better player of the two and should have a bit of an edge here, even if it should be a very close match.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Etcheverry in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Jordan<\/em><br \/>\nSafiullin will try and be aggressive as always. Yet, he does that most effectively on hard courts, and Etcheverry is a great player on clay. The Argentine is likely to control this match with his formidable forehand and impressive athleticism.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Etcheverry in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Carlos Alcaraz vs Tallon Griekspoor<\/h4>\n<p><em>Damian<\/em><br \/>\nAlcaraz gets a decent test here after the Habib round one and let\u2019s remember that Griekspoor almost took down Zverev at the French Open (led 4-1 in the 5th set with a double break). The Spaniard is a much more versatile player though and should have plenty of tricks to neutralize Griekspoor\u2019s serve and forehand firepower even if he gets hot.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Alcaraz in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Manuel<\/em><br \/>\nGriekspoor has come close to beating top players before, showing that he has the level, but maybe not quite the mentality as we saw against Zverev at Roland Garros this year. If he plays well, he could cause some issues to Alcaraz but the Spaniard should come through either way.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Alcaraz in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Jordan<\/em><br \/>\nGriekspoor showed how dangerous he is while pushing Alexander Zverev to five sets at the French Open this year. Alcaraz\u2019s greater ability to get on the front foot in the rallies makes this a tougher task. Griekspoor dictated a lot of the points against Zverev, but he is unlikely to get that luxury here.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Alcaraz in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[tgdcta items=&#8221;1&#8243; id=&#8221;170476&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Main Photo Credit: Susan Mullane &#8211; USA TODAY Sports<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tennis tournaments at the Paris Olympics continue with eight second-round men\u2019s singles matches on Monday. 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. The other article features Novak Djokovic vs. Rafael Nadal. Damian Kust, Manuel Traquete, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4067,"featured_media":68164,"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":[69,42327],"tags":[5729,15513,113,15419,7047,15514,17610,17611,9583,15933,304,15417,4692,15489,2373,2369,12521,17182],"class_list":["post-71140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","category-olympics","tag-carlos-alcaraz","tag-carlos-alcaraz-predictions","tag-dan-evans","tag-dan-evans-predictions","tag-dominik-koepfer","tag-dominik-koepfer-predictions","tag-matteo-arnaldi","tag-matteo-arnaldi-predictions","tag-roman-safiullin","tag-roman-safiullin-predictions","tag-stefanos-tsitsipas","tag-stefanos-tsitsipas-predictions","tag-tallon-griekspoor","tag-tallon-griekspoor-predictions","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-tomas-martin-etcheverry","tag-tomas-martin-etcheverry-predictions"],"modified_by":"Shane Black","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71140","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=71140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}