Tennis Insider Ricky Dimon’s Picks For Tuesday’s Australian Open First-Round Men’s Singles

By Ricky Dimon

The 2021 Australian Open is lastly off and working! Now we transfer on to Day 2, when Rafael Nadal, Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, and Andrey Rublev shall be amongst these taking the court docket. Will we see extra upsets then we did on Day 1?

Ricky makes his picks for the highest gamers in motion and the perfect matchups.

Rublev over Hanfmann in 3 – There will not be any unseeded gamers within the draw who would take a set off Rublev proper now. Hanfmann isn’t any exception.

Monteiro over Martin in 4 – In a matchup between two clay-courters, Monteiro is much extra competent on onerous courts.

Lopez over Tu in 5 – Even at his superior age, Lopez shall be method Tu good and have method Tu a lot expertise…. Okay, I’ll see myself out now.

Sonego over Querrey in 4 – This can be a matchup between two ball-bashers. In the meanwhile, Sonego has extra confidence and extra consistency (which isn’t saying loads).

Medvedev over Popsisil in 4 – This shall be nearer than anticipated…which additionally isn’t saying loads.

Thompson over Ruud in 4 – This one all comes all the way down to the floor. On a tough court docket as a substitute of clay, Thompson has the sting.

Paul over Basilashvili in 3 – There’s no different approach to say it; Basilashvili is without doubt one of the worst gamers in the complete draw given his present state.

Popyrin over Goffin in 4 – Popyrin reached the third spherical final 12 months. With a struggling Goffin as his nearest seed, there isn’t a cause why he can’t do it once more.

McDonald over Cecchinato in 3 – It’s form of stunning that Cecchinato really bothered going by means of quarantine to play a hard-court Grand Slam.

Coric over Pella in 3 – Peak Pella may make this a great one, however peak Pella hasn’t been seen for the reason that summer time of 2019.

Tsitsipas over Simon in 4 – Tsitsipas is getting night-session remedy in Rod Laver Enviornment. He typically thrives on the large stage.

Kwon over Kokkinakis in 5 – Kokkinakis might not win, however it will be an ethical victory if his physique lasts 5 units.

Van de Zandschulp over Alcaraz in 5 – This ought to be a enjoyable one between BVZ and CAG. You would possibly as nicely simply flip a coin.

Hurkacz over M. Ymer in 3 – Mikael is the higher Ymer brother, however he nonetheless isn’t adequate to noticeably bother Hurkacz.

Berrettini over Anderson in 4 – Anderson is just not anybody you need to face in spherical one, however Berrettini is as much as the duty based mostly on what he confirmed on the ATP Cup.

Herbert over Fognini in 4 – Bernard Tomic, Benoit Paire, and Fognini are principally pick-against-no-matter-what form of guys. Herbert gained’t even half to do something particular.

de Minaur over Sandgren in 4 – One factor’s for positive: it will have essentially the most entertaining rallies of the day.

Nadal over Djere in 3 – If Nadal is near 100%, he’ll roll. And if Nadal is nicely lower than 100%….he’ll roll.

Ricky contributes to10sballs.com and in addition maintains his personal tennis web site, The Grandstand. You’ll be able to comply with him on twitter at @Dimonator.