{"id":78039,"date":"2025-01-13T01:02:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T06:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=78039"},"modified":"2025-01-12T22:12:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T03:12:40","slug":"australian-open-day-3-mens-predictions-rublev-fonseca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/01\/13\/australian-open-day-3-mens-predictions-rublev-fonseca\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open Day 3 Men’s Predictions Including Andrey Rublev vs Joao Fonseca"},"content":{"rendered":"

We wrap up the first round of the Australian Open on Day 3, with 20 men’s matches on the schedule. As always, our writers here at LastWordOnTennis share their thoughts on every single match with you. We split the 20 matches between five articles, with the other four featuring Gael Monfils vs Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard<\/a>, Taylor Fritz vs Jenson Brooksby<\/a>, Daniil Medvedev vs Kasidit Samrej<\/a>, and Andrey Rublev vs Joao Fonseca<\/a>. Predicting these matches are Damian Kust, Shane Black, and Andreas Pelekis. Who do you think will advance?<\/p>\n

Australian Open Day 3 Men’s Predictions<\/h2>\n

Camilo Ugo Carabelli vs Learner Tien<\/h4>\n

Damian:<\/em>
\nUgo Carabelli is another player you want to draw at a hard-court Slam, but he\u2019s a little better on this surface than, let\u2019s say, Coria. His chance of success here will depend on getting Tien into a dogfight where serves don\u2019t matter and you\u2019re just playing every rally over ten shots. If he can do that, he might prevail in way over three hours. But the American\u2019s the favorite.
\nPrediction: Tien in 4<\/em><\/p>\n

Shane:<\/em>
\n19-year-old American Learner Tien breezed through qualies and is knocking on the door of the top 100. His consistency off the ground is hard to find from a teenager. Ugo Carabelli has had little tour-level success on hard courts. I\u2019ll take the young American.
\nPrediction: Tien in 4<\/em><\/p>\n

Andreas:<\/em>
\nTien is another great young player to watch in 2025, and this should be a good opportunity for the American to win his first-ever Grand Slam match. Carabelli thrives on clay courts, and has never won a tour-level match on hard courts. Tien is still new to best-of-five matches, and he\u2019ll have to hold up physically.
\nPrediction: Tien in 3<\/em><\/p>\n

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