{"id":92133,"date":"2025-10-13T16:25:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T20:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=92133"},"modified":"2025-10-13T16:26:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T20:26:44","slug":"atp-brussels-day-2-predictions-goffin-comesana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/10\/13\/atp-brussels-day-2-predictions-goffin-comesana\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Brussels Day 2 Predictions Including David Goffin vs Francisco Comesana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After his second Top 10 win of 2025 last week, David Goffin will look to build on his steady form at home in Brussels at the 2025 European Open, an ATP 250 event in Belgium. Alongside Goffin&#8217;s matchup, all of the remaining first round matches will feature on Tuesday. Who will advance?<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Brussels Day 2 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4>Daniel Altmaier vs Gilles Arnaud Bailly<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:\u00a0<\/strong>Altmaier 1-0<\/p>\n<p>All of Bailly&#8217;s ATP Tour appearances have come at this very event, and he&#8217;s steadily improved in each of his European Open appearances; this time, he is ranked at his career high of World No. 247. Altmaier has been generally reliable against lower ranked players, and while I think Bailly could snatch a set with the home crowd, Altmaier should be too consistent in the end.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Altmaier in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Zizou Bergs vs Raphael Collignon<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:\u00a0<\/strong>First meeting<\/p>\n<p>Collignon will look to crack the Top 80 in the coming weeks, after building some good form at ATP Challenger Tour events this fall. However, Bergs is a tough out in this all-Belgian matchup, with Bergs notably coming off a tough <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3k4h8YnWVGY\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ATP 1000 Shanghai quarterfinal loss<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/10\/11\/world-no-204-valentin-vacherot-stuns-novak-djokovic-at-shanghai-rolex-masters\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Novak Djokovic<\/a>. Bergs has yet to break past the quarterfinals of the European Open, and expect him to be fully focused to try and reach a later stage this week. Expecting a close two-setter, with Bergs having the mental stamina to come out on top.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Bergs in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a  id=\"C4HSXKSUTcB1slihGiEKMg\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2240111613\" 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:'C4HSXKSUTcB1slihGiEKMg',sig:'ji1p6BdjKVPKFuEmotda2cRIZ9Jji_HpS7g-_ZWJPow=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2240111613',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Emil Ruusuvuori\u00a0vs Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:\u00a0<\/strong>Mpetshi Perricard 2-0<\/p>\n<p>Mpetshi Perricard loves these courts, with his fast, ripping serve always a weapon on indoor hard courts. The Frenchman will soon have to defend title points from the ATP 500 Basel event, so it&#8217;ll be key for him to gain confidence at this tournament. Ruusvuori is dangerous on a good day, but he has been slowly fighting back after a series of injuries, and won&#8217;t be able to dictate points against such a heavy hitter like Mpetshi Perricard.<\/p>\n<p><em>Prediction: Mpetshi Perricard in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>David Goffin vs Francisco Comesana<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head:\u00a0<\/strong>First meeting<\/p>\n<p>Goffin&#8217;s ranking has been in-and-out of the Top 100 this season, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZLElCGHmuvc\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">but a positive win against World No. 6 Ben Shelton<\/a> in Shanghai showed fans last week that he can compete with the best. The Belgian has been inconsistent, but expect him to pick up his form in front of his home crowd. Comesana is about to finish what has been his most successful ATP Tour season to date, but he has a rather poor 8-12 record on hard courts this season, and is new to the indoor hard-court swing as he played ATP Challenger Tour events on clay last fall. Goffin may drop a set, but he should have the confidence to win.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Goffin in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After his second Top 10 win of 2025 last week, David Goffin will look to build on his steady form at home in Brussels at the 2025 European Open, an ATP 250 event in Belgium. Alongside Goffin&#8217;s matchup, all of the remaining first round matches will feature on Tuesday. Who will advance? 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