{"id":74163,"date":"2024-10-04T14:05:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T18:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=74163"},"modified":"2024-10-04T14:05:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T18:05:52","slug":"atp-shanghai-day-4-predictions-alcaraz-shang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2024\/10\/04\/atp-shanghai-day-4-predictions-alcaraz-shang\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Shanghai Day 4 Predictions Including Carlos Alcaraz vs Shang Juncheng"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A number of the world&#8217;s best are set to begin their campaigns at the ATP Shanghai Masters on day four on what should be a very entertaining day of tennis. As ever, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match on the slate, including <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2024\/10\/04\/atp-shanghai-day-4-predictions-djokovic-michelsen\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Novak Djokovic vs Alex Michelsen<\/a>, Jannik Sinner vs Taro Daniel and Mattia Bellucci vs Alexander Zverev. But who will secure their spot in the third round?<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Shanghai Day 4 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Brandon Nakashima vs Yosuke Watanuki<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head<\/strong>: first meeting<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Nakashima is the last seed in this tournament, meaning he got a bye in the first round. The American player made a good debut here last year when he reached the third round and will look to better that result. He has been in good form on hard courts and shouldn&#8217;t lose this one if he plays well. Yosuke Watanuki got his first main draw win of the year in the first round. It must be a huge win for his confidence but I am not sure if that will help him much against Nakashima.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prediction: Nakashima in 2<br \/>\n<a id=\"zT-fdOOeQSpJRA48wpMluw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2173909466\" 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:'zT-fdOOeQSpJRA48wpMluw',sig:'EJV0DhXLT4PNgTPd0MqAc113u_iyIJLfoFJXFgbBBNg=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2173909466',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Alexander Bublik vs Roman Safiullin<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head<\/strong>: first meeting<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Bublik has now just one match since Wimbledon and that came against a player ranked outside 150. It&#8217;s never easy to predict matches involving Bublik as he can play at a great level or just throw the match at times. Roman Safiullin is a tough opponent and someone who likes the conditions of the Shanghai Masters. I am going with the more stable player on this one.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prediction: Safiullin in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Stan Wawrinka vs Flavio Cobolli<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head<\/strong>: first meeting<\/p>\n<p>Stan Wawrinka played one of his best matches of the year in the first round to defeat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in straight sets. It was Wawrinka&#8217;s first top-50 win of the season and only the fifth tour-level win. Wawrinka saved set points on both sets and more impressively won two tiebreaks. Flavio Cobolli will present a different challenge as he is more consistent and crafty from the baseline but if Wawrinka can serve well, he has a shot.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prediction: Wawrinka in 3<br \/>\n<a id=\"tiaIoGohRqhX9EkqR88Dsw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2175593834\" 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:'tiaIoGohRqhX9EkqR88Dsw',sig:'gIcGP4xXnBIWYXDDZ_T0jmK3GVIiXFrQ-0pXMqlLOmY=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2175593834',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Carlos Alcaraz vs Shang Juncheng<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head<\/strong>: Alcaraz 1-0 Shang<\/p>\n<p>This has the potential to be a particularly entertaining match match as two young talents lock horns with each other. Carlos Alcaraz is playing great tennis and is coming off a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2024\/10\/02\/this-weeks-atp-champions-alcaraz-fils\/\" target=\"_self\">title in Beijing<\/a> while Juncheng Shang won his first ATP Tour title in Chengdu recently. The Spaniard is on an impressive nine-match win streak and will look to make it 10 against Shang. The Chinese prodigy is already an impressive player but beating Alcaraz might be too big a task for him. However, I expect a closer battle than their last meeting.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prediction: Alcaraz in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Main photo credit: Mike Frey-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number of the world&#8217;s best are set to begin their campaigns at the ATP Shanghai Masters on day four on what should be a very entertaining day of tennis. As ever, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match on the slate, including Novak Djokovic vs Alex Michelsen, Jannik Sinner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5086,"featured_media":63989,"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":[510,15492,4657,9140,10956,16202,5729,15513,15670,15901,17300,17301,9583,15933,115,17532,2373,2369,4742,16643],"class_list":["post-74163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-alexander-bublik","tag-alexander-bublik-predictions","tag-atp-predictions","tag-atp-shanghai-predictions","tag-brandon-nakashima","tag-brandon-nakashima-predictions","tag-carlos-alcaraz","tag-carlos-alcaraz-predictions","tag-flavio-cobolli","tag-flavio-cobolli-predictions","tag-juncheng-shang","tag-juncheng-shang-predictions","tag-roman-safiullin","tag-roman-safiullin-predictions","tag-stan-wawrinka","tag-stan-wawrinka-predictions","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-yosuke-watanuki","tag-yosuke-watanuki-predictions"],"modified_by":"Jim Smith","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74163","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\/5086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}