{"id":80375,"date":"2025-02-25T14:41:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T19:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=80375"},"modified":"2025-02-25T14:41:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T19:41:47","slug":"atp-dubai-day-3-predictions-borges-auger-aliassime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/02\/25\/atp-dubai-day-3-predictions-borges-auger-aliassime\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Dubai Day 3 Predictions Including Nuno Borges vs Felix Auger-Aliassime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 3 at the ATP 500 event in Dubai will feature all round of 16 matchups, with quite the star-studded lineup, including last year&#8217;s champion Ugo Humbert among many other interesting names. It should be a day full of high quality, exciting and tight matches, decided by small margins.<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Dubai Day 3 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Tallon Griekspoor vs Ugo Humbert<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> Humbert 1-0 Griekspoor<\/p>\n<p>Humbert is the defending champion at this event and he showed why with a dominant win against Lehecka today. These conditions seem to suit his game perfectly and, while Griekspoor can be a tough nut to crack, Humbert should once again make a deep run here and even have a good chance to defend his title. If he plays like he did today, he should advance with relative comfort here.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Humbert in 2<\/p>\n<h4>Roberto Bautista Agut vs Quentin Halys<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> Bautista Agut 1-1 Halys<\/p>\n<p>Bautista is a former champion at this event, back in 2018, and he finally snapped his long losing streak in the first round here against Marozsan. This match should be quite a tight affair but Bautista has a history of success here and might just be able to finally have another deep tournament run after struggling for a long time.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Bautista Agut in 3<\/p>\n<h4>Matteo Berrettini vs Christopher O&#8217;Connell<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> Berrettini 1-0 O&#8217;Connell<\/p>\n<p>Berrettini has been showing signs this year that he might be able to return to his best and he definitely has a kind draw to make a run here, after making it past Monfils today. O&#8217;Connell is a solid player, but Berrettini&#8217;s huge serve and forehand should be too much for him to handle and the Italian should advance to the quarterfinals here.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Berrettini in 2<\/p>\n<p><a  id=\"jV0z91LrQjZzRPNDyNJG_w\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2200705719\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" 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:'jV0z91LrQjZzRPNDyNJG_w',sig:'LtwUWlBmMIpos51dEhnuOdEoPI_5y9U4Zrgs1_oU8-Q=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2200705719',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Nuno Borges vs Felix Auger-Aliassime<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:<\/strong> first meeting<\/p>\n<p>Auger-Aliassime has already won two titles in 2025 and will surely be looking for a third here after he narrowly missed out on a final in Doha in the third set tiebreak against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/02\/25\/andrey-rublev-opens-up-depression\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Rublev<\/a>. He seems to be making some real strides and, while Borges is a solid player on the cusp of the top 30, if Felix plays close to his best he has a very clear edge.<br \/>\n<strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Auger-Aliassime in 2<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo Credit: Mike Frey USA Today<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 3 at the ATP 500 event in Dubai will feature all round of 16 matchups, with quite the star-studded lineup, including last year&#8217;s champion Ugo Humbert among many other interesting names. It should be a day full of high quality, exciting and tight matches, decided by small margins. 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