Umag 2017: Championship Prediction – Lorenzi vs. Rublev

LL Rublev gets a very good win over Berlocq in Umag R1. pic.twitter.com/3vxgYvhQom — José Morgado (@josemorgado) July 18, 2017 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js [4] Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) vs [LL] Andrey Rublev (RUS) This is a battle of a seeded player in his mid 30s in his 4th career final looking for his 2nd career title versus a player in…

Newport, Umag, & Bastad 2017: Semifinal Predictions

Predicted Winners in BOLD Newport Peter Gojowczyk (GER) vs. [Q] Matthew Ebden (AUS) H2H – I think Ebden makes his qualifying run into a run to the final.   [1] John Isner (USA) vs. Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) H2H – Isner should win this match and this event.  He does need to put some pressure on Frantangelo’s serve to simplify his path to the final. Umag [WC] Ivan…

Newport, Bastad, & Umag 2017: July 21st Predictions

Newport [1] John Isner (USA) vs. Dennis Novikov (USA) H2H – Isner has to be favored, but his matches often involve tiebreaks.  If Novikov can play well in tie breaks, he can pull the upset. [4] Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) vs. Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) H2H – Could Frantangelo become the first Bjorn since 1980 to win a grass court title?  Probably not. Bastad [7] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) vs. Andrey Kuznetsov  (RUS) H2H – I’ll…