{"id":505657,"date":"2026-03-31T18:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/505657\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T18:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:34:12","slug":"atp-bucharest-day-2-predictions-including-baez-vs-gaubas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/505657\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Bucharest Day 2 Predictions Including Baez vs Gaubas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Including some unfinished qualifying matches due to rain delays, there is plenty of tennis scheduled for Tuesday at the Tiriac Open, an ATP 250 event in Bucharest. LWOT previews the matches, including four of them in a separate article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ATP Bucharest Day 2 Predictions
\nAlexander Shevchenko vs Radu David Turcanu<\/p>\n

Head-to-head: First meeting<\/p>\n

Turcanu\u2019s ranking has hovered in the 600\u2019s in recent months, and a win here would mark a massive breakthrough. Shevchenko\u2019s season, meanwhile, has turned a corner after he stunned Ben Shelton at the Miami Open<\/a>. Clay courts suit the Kazahk a little better, and he\u2019ll be motivated to recover from a first-round of this tournament last season. Turcanu should feel motivated at home, but the lack of experience may shine against a seasoned opponent.
Prediction:Shevchenko in 2<\/p>\n

Christopher O\u2019Connell vs Mariano Navone<\/p>\n

Head-to-head: First meeting<\/p>\n

Both players possess wildly different styles of play, with O\u2019Connell dependant on aggression and craft, as Navone tends to stick to the baseline. While O\u2019Connell\u2019s win rate on clay is lower than 40% throughout his career, Navone has won nearly 53% of his clay-court matches. The Argentine\u2019s ranking has dropped after a successful 2024 season, and some strong tournaments in smaller clay court events could help him get back to that level.
Prediction: Navone in 3<\/p>\n

Gabi Adrian Boitan vs Elmer Moller<\/p>\n

Head-to-head:\u00a0First meeting<\/p>\n

Aside from a Davis Cup win, home-favorite Boitan is looking for an elusive ATP Tour win. Moller has lost his last three matches rather convincingly, though the 22-year-old has slowly been on the rise. Boitan hoisted an ITF-level trophy on clay earlier in 2026, as all of his championship match appearances have come on the dirt. He will surely be motivated for a win in front of the home crowd, and Moller will have to play consistent tennis to avoid the upset.
Prediction: Moller in 3<\/p>\n

Sebastian Baez vs Vilius Gaubas<\/p>\n

Head-to-head: First meeting<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been an interesting season for Baez. The Argentine<\/a> started the season off with a flourish, but when defending major ranking points at the ATP 500 Rio and ATP 250 Santiago event, he faltered. Now ranked No. 50, these tournaments early in the clay court season could help him build some momentum. Gaubas tends to play his best tennis on clay, but Baez simply has more weapons to bring to the court. Baez is the defending finalist from last year\u2019s event.
Prediction: Baez in 2<\/p>\n

Main Photo Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Including some unfinished qualifying matches due to rain delays, there is plenty of tennis scheduled for Tuesday at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[140804,140805,177375,154025,154026,162133,162134,177392,177393,143724,143725,177394,177395,73194,86367,101,118,30554,30555,177378,56,54,55,161137,161138],"class_list":{"0":"post-505657","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-alexander-shevchenko","9":"tag-alexander-shevchenko-predictions","10":"tag-atp-bucharest-predictions","11":"tag-christopher-oconnell","12":"tag-christopher-oconnell-predictions","13":"tag-elmer-moller","14":"tag-elmer-moller-predictions","15":"tag-gabi-adrian-boitan","16":"tag-gabi-adrian-boitan-predictions","17":"tag-mariano-navone","18":"tag-mariano-navone-predictions","19":"tag-radu-david-turcanu","20":"tag-radu-david-turcanu-predictions","21":"tag-sebastian-baez","22":"tag-sebastian-baez-predictions","23":"tag-sports","24":"tag-tennis","25":"tag-tennis-picks","26":"tag-tennis-predictions","27":"tag-tiriac-open-predictions","28":"tag-uk","29":"tag-united-kingdom","30":"tag-unitedkingdom","31":"tag-vilius-gaubas","32":"tag-vilius-gaubas-predictions"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}