{"id":475509,"date":"2026-02-18T08:49:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T08:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/475509\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T08:49:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T08:49:06","slug":"atp-rio-day-3-predictions-including-cerundolo-vs-tirante","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/475509\/","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":16031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[74009,131360,219466,218809,144634,144635,15221,134323,214577,214578,215053,215054,99,428,9985,9986,198357,218814,74011,143781,145442,145443],"class_list":{"0":"post-475509","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-francesco-passaro","13":"tag-francesco-passaro-predictions","14":"tag-francisco-cerundolo","15":"tag-francisco-cerundolo-predictions","16":"tag-juan-manuel-cerundolo","17":"tag-juan-manuel-cerundolo-predictions","18":"tag-roman-andres-burruchaga","19":"tag-roman-andres-burruchaga-predictions","20":"tag-sports","21":"tag-tennis","22":"tag-tennis-picks","23":"tag-tennis-predictions","24":"tag-thiago-agustin-tirante","25":"tag-thiago-agustin-tirante-predictions","26":"tag-vit-kopriva","27":"tag-vit-kopriva-predictions","28":"tag-yannick-hanfmann","29":"tag-yannick-hanfmann-predictions"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}