{"id":83364,"date":"2025-05-08T21:39:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T01:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=83364"},"modified":"2025-10-28T01:23:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T05:23:03","slug":"atp-rome-day-3-predictions-carlos-alcaraz-vs-lajovic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/05\/08\/atp-rome-day-3-predictions-carlos-alcaraz-vs-lajovic\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Rome Day 3 Predictions Including Carlos Alcaraz vs Dusan Lajovic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz and Jack Draper have been two standouts during the spring clay court season, they take their talents to Rome now, as ATP Rome second round action sees the seeded players get in on the fun. We have <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/category\/predictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">predictions for every<\/a> second round match from Italy&#8217;s historic city.<\/p>\n<h3>Jack Draper vs Luciano Darderi<\/h3>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2212905712\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.66667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/2212905712?et=wkqhpB8TTulrVSxhihiVQg&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=OdLze-cZxSvDRRIozCSAmy0W4WlgHa-9dirMQSjDuN8=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Draper scored a routine win over Darderi on hard courts in Vienna last year, will home support make this matchup more even? It feels unlikely, as Draper comes off the Madrid final, he had a great week in Spain and is playing the best on clay he ever has. Darderi was comfortable in the first round, and is playing his best tennis right now as well. He won Marrakech, reached the quarters in Munich, and won matches in both Madrid and Rome, but beating a top 10 player is quite the step up, and Draper should be able to fend off this challenge. Prediction: <strong>Draper in 2\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Carlos Alcaraz vs Dusan Lajovic<\/h3>\n<p>A finalist in Barcelona and the winner of Monte Carlo, Alcaraz is a freight train on clay and he&#8217;s hard to stop when he&#8217;s coming down the tracks. Lajovic has lost four times to Alcaraz, and never taken a set, two of those losses were on clay. Lajovic&#8217;s game lacks the power and finishing qualities to pressure Alcaraz. Lajovic came through qualifying and won his first round match, but Alcaraz should get off to a hot start. Prediction: <strong>Alcaraz in 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Alexandre Muller vs Stefanos Tsitispas<\/h3>\n<p>Tsitsipas has a h2h win against Muller, and was a quarterfinalist in Barcelona and Monte Carlo. Tsitsipas no longer is at the status of an elite player, but he&#8217;s still a top 20 player that is hard to punch out on this surface. Muller scored a big win in three sets over Jiri Lehecka and won matches in both Monte Carlo and Madrid recently. At a career high ranking inside the top 40, Tsitsipas can&#8217;t afford to take it easy against Muller, but he still has enough talent to get the job done. Prediction:<strong> Tsitsipas in 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Karen Khachanov vs Roman Burruchaga<\/h3>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2212779083\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.66667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/2212779083?et=kZAqXv65Ry52XxfWz8Dwnw&amp;tld=com&amp;sig=ocCU5I5W2gY2cQWo7kQIFD7IshXUAAEYJjyzmXltnos=&amp;caption=true&amp;ver=1\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A semifinalist in Barcelona, Khachanov is a name that pops up from time to time to threaten the big names on tour. The 23 year old Argentine qualifier Burruchaga is on the run of his career, he has two career tour level wins but a much better record below that on the Challenger Tour. He&#8217;s comfortable on clay and already won a challenger on the surface. Khachanov will have to play clean and with quality to avoid an upset, but still has to be favored due to his experience at this level. Prediction: <strong>Khachanov in 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Geoff Burke-<em>Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz and Jack Draper have been two standouts during the spring clay court season, they take their talents to Rome now, as ATP Rome second round action sees the seeded players get in on the fun. We have predictions for every second round match from Italy&#8217;s historic city. 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