{"id":72330,"date":"2024-08-25T13:02:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T17:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=72330"},"modified":"2024-08-25T02:01:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T06:01:58","slug":"us-open-day-1-mens-predictions-fritz-ugo-carabelli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2024\/08\/25\/us-open-day-1-mens-predictions-fritz-ugo-carabelli\/","title":{"rendered":"US Open Day 1 Men’s Predictions Including Taylor Fritz vs Camilo Ugo Carabelli"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US Open kicks off on Monday with a whopping 32 men’s matches on Day 1. It should be an incredible day of tennis action and–as always–we here at LWOT want to share our thoughts on every match with you. We split the 32 matches between eight articles. In addition to this article, our other articles feature Novak Djokovic vs Radu Albot<\/a>, Frances Tiafoe vs Aleksandar Kovacevic<\/a>, Ben Shelton vs Dominic Thiem<\/a>, Gael Monfils vs Diego Schwartzman<\/a>, Alexander Zverev vs Maximilian Marterer<\/a>, Andrey Rublev vs Thiago Seyboth Wild<\/a>, and Holger Rune vs Brandon Nakashima<\/a>. Predicting these matches are Ateet Shrivastava, Damian Kust, and Yesh Ginsburg. Who do you think will reach Round 2?<\/p>\n

US Open Day 1 Men’s Predictions<\/h2>\n

Christopher Eubanks vs Arthur Rinderknech<\/h4>\n

Ateet:<\/em>
\nEubanks has gained form just in time after a terrible season. He played and served extremely well in Winston-Salem and was so close to beating Alex Michelsen in the quarterfinals. Arthur Rinderknech has also been in good form on hard courts and has similar weapons to Eubanks. This match will be close with not many breaks of serve. I will give the advantage to the home player.
\nPrediction: Eubanks in 4<\/em><\/p>\n

Damian:<\/em>
\nMore or less since Newport, Eubanks has improved his results considerably and is threatening to return to the Top 100. A win at the US Open would go a long way and he\u2019s facing an opponent that\u2019s not out of his range at all. Maybe he can pull this off as the matchup looks close and he\u2019ll have the crowd on his side.
\nPrediction: Eubanks in 4<\/em><\/p>\n

Yesh:<\/em>
\nEubanks had a horrible year until a month ago, but he’s played much better since. Rinderknech was probably better than him all year so far, but right now I think the American might have this.
\nPrediction: Eubanks in 5<\/em><\/p>\n

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Grigor Dimitrov vs Kyrian Jacquet<\/h4>\n

Ateet:<\/em>
\nDimitrov is having his best season since 2017 and although he hasn\u2019t done a lot of winning recently, he won\u2019t be too bothered. He has a lot of pedigree on this surface and Kyrian Jacquet won\u2019t pose much trouble.
\nPrediction: Dimitrov in 3<\/em><\/p>\n

Damian:<\/em>
\nJacquet is a fun watch and this qualifying success is a great reward for him. But this is the first someone of this quality and the step up might be a bit rough to handle. Especially with Dimitrov being so athletic and capable of handling all the situational shots that the Frenchman will be forcing him to play.
\nPrediction: Dimitrov in 3<\/em><\/p>\n

Yesh:<\/em>
\nGrigor Dimitrov might be past his prime, but he’s not too far past it. He is still capable of greatness at lots of moments, and even his poorer performances can beat almost everyone on Tour. He should win this easily.
\nPrediction: Dimitrov in 3<\/em><\/p>\n

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