The ATP clay season is kicking off this week in Houston, as usual with a field full of American players but none of the world\u2019s top players on clay. As such, it should be a very unpredictable tournament as always, with lots of tight matches decided by very small margins. Day 2 in Houston will surely be another great day of tennis.<\/p>\n
ATP Houston Day 2 Predictions
\nNishesh Basavareddy vs Liam Draxl<\/p>\n
Head-to-head: Basavareddy 1-0 Draxl<\/p>\n
Both players have failed to progress as much as many expected, but they are still at a stage where they could have a big breakthrough at any moment and climb up the rankings. A tournament like Houston is an excellent opportunity for both of them to get a rare deep run at ATP level and both will certainly be extremely motivated here. It should be a very close match, decided by very small margins and by the ability to execute under pressure on big points.
Prediction: Basavareddy in 3<\/p>\n
Alexei Popyrin vs Patrick Kypson<\/p>\n
Head-to-head: first meeting<\/p>\n
Popyrin has been struggling massive ever since late 2024 and his 2026 has been disastrous so far. Kypson got a fantastic win over Alex de Minaur in Acapulco but hasn\u2019t really been able to back it up since. Given the circumstances, it is a very important match for both players and it should be a very close one given theri current struggles. It\u2019s a match that could well go the distance and be decided by the finest of details.
Prediction: Popyrin in 3<\/p>\n
Alex Michelsen vs Chak Lam Coleman Wong<\/p>\n
Head-to-head: first meeting<\/p>\n
Michelsen has been playing at a very good level so far in 2026, mostly losing to much higher ranked players like Daniil Medvedev in Indian Wells and Jannik Sinner in Miami. With the way he has been playing, he might reach the top 20 soon and is surely one of the favorites to win the title this week in Houston and should make relatively easy work of Wong.
Prediction: Michelsen in 3<\/p>\n
Main Photo Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ATP clay season is kicking off this week in Houston, as usual with a field full of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[42078,128571,41372,142911,246112,137496,128573,220214,220215,189607,189608,198273,198274,57758,177180,198197,198198,99,428,9985,9986],"class_list":{"0":"post-556169","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-alex-michelsen","9":"tag-alex-michelsen-predictions","10":"tag-alexei-popyrin","11":"tag-alexei-popyrin-predictions","12":"tag-atp-houston-predictions","13":"tag-atp-picks","14":"tag-atp-predictions","15":"tag-chak-lam-coleman-wong","16":"tag-chak-lam-coleman-wong-predictions","17":"tag-coleman-wong","18":"tag-coleman-wong-predictions","19":"tag-liam-draxl","20":"tag-liam-draxl-predictions","21":"tag-nishesh-basavareddy","22":"tag-nishesh-basavareddy-predictions","23":"tag-patrick-kypson","24":"tag-patrick-kypson-predictions","25":"tag-sports","26":"tag-tennis","27":"tag-tennis-picks","28":"tag-tennis-predictions"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556169","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=556169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}