{"id":482541,"date":"2026-02-18T07:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/482541\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T07:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T07:42:07","slug":"atp-rio-day-3-predictions-including-cerundolo-vs-tirante","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/482541\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Rio Day 3 Predictions Including Cerundolo vs Tirante"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ATP Rio Open 2026 sees a jam-packed draw with the top seeds moving ahead along with young hopefuls who are eager to leave a mark. As ever, we preview and predict all the scheduled matches for you.<\/p>\n<p>ATP Rio Day 3 Predictions<br \/>\nVit Kopriva vs Roman Andres Burruchaga<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head \u2013 First Meeting<\/p>\n<p>Vit Kopriva had a decent outing in Buenos Aires last week and has started solidly again in Rio. Roman Andres Burruchaga arrives full of confidence after taking out the fifth seed in a fantastic win. Both are comfortable on clay, but expect a tight battle with Burruchaga looking especially hungry to seize his opportunity and edge this one.<\/p>\n<p>Prediction: Burruchaga in 3<\/p>\n<p>Juan Manuel Cerundolo vs Yannick Hanfmann<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head \u2013 Cerundolo 2-0 Hanfmann<\/p>\n<p>Juan Manuel Cerundolo impressed by taking out last week\u2019s finalist Luciano Darderi in a high-quality match and has already beaten Yannick Hanfmann in both of their previous meetings. Hanfmann also progressed comfortably, but Cerundolo is the more natural clay-courter. Expect Cerundolo to use his consistency and variety to secure the win.<br \/>Prediction: Cerundolo in 3<\/p>\n<p>Francesco Passaro vs Alejandro Tabilo<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head \u2013 First Meeting<\/p>\n<p>Francesco Passaro did well to come through qualifying and is very comfortable on clay. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/09\/23\/alejandro-tabilo-returns-from-injury-woes-to-become-chengdu-champion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alejandro Tabilo<\/a> is an even stronger operator on this surface and looked sharp in his previous win. With more variety and a few extra tricks up his sleeve, Tabilo should have the edge to progress to the last eight.<br \/>Prediction: Tabilo in 2<\/p>\n<p>Francisco Cerundolo vs Thiago Agustin Tirante<\/p>\n<p>Head-to-head \u2013 First Meeting<\/p>\n<p>Francisco Cerundolo already has a title to his name in Buenos Aires last week, and the Argentine looks likely to make it back to back. He won easily in his first round and now faces a fellow countryman in Thiago Agustin Tirante. Cerundolo is definitely the stronger player of the two, and while Tirante has the better serve, Cerundolo is a far better player from the baseline\u2013which will be the key to victory.<br \/>Prediction: Cerundolo in 2<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: David Kirouac-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ATP Rio Open 2026 sees a jam-packed draw with the top seeds moving ahead along with young&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[41564,108158,194873,193762,49,48,120956,120957,2583,133193,5573,5574,5575,5576,82,593,608,609,194874,194875,120151,120152,121428,121429],"class_list":{"0":"post-482541","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-alejandro-tabilo","9":"tag-alejandro-tabilo-predictions","10":"tag-atp-rio","11":"tag-atp-rio-predictions","12":"tag-ca","13":"tag-canada","14":"tag-francesco-passaro","15":"tag-francesco-passaro-predictions","16":"tag-francisco-cerundolo","17":"tag-francisco-cerundolo-predictions","18":"tag-juan-manuel-cerundolo","19":"tag-juan-manuel-cerundolo-predictions","20":"tag-roman-andres-burruchaga","21":"tag-roman-andres-burruchaga-predictions","22":"tag-sports","23":"tag-tennis","24":"tag-tennis-picks","25":"tag-tennis-predictions","26":"tag-thiago-agustin-tirante","27":"tag-thiago-agustin-tirante-predictions","28":"tag-vit-kopriva","29":"tag-vit-kopriva-predictions","30":"tag-yannick-hanfmann","31":"tag-yannick-hanfmann-predictions"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}