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Game preview : Cincinnati 2017 (USA) Open ATP, while some players are in first round, we are in the second round already, so let’s forget about 17,700 $ and 10 ranking point prizes and go for second round prizes 32,780 $ and 45 points. In today‘s match we have two fellow American players old folk John Isner and much younger Tommy Paul whom plays first time such good tennis and youngster already showed everyone he will be in TOP100 very soon.


John Isner (19) - 32 years old and 2 metres height player from USA is most known for big heart and big serve, but let's talk about him like person, long time he played basketball too, tall player can easily dunk, shoot, he have great sportmanship, but also John is very kind person, he made his of fundation for dogs, and recently bought a 500 packs of dog food, for homeless dog shelter. Talking about his game, he plays impressive tennis, most known style of old tennis - Serve and volley, a great serev helps him to collect points easy, he likes playing near net. Long strong hands, can catch any ball around him, but that not all, he have very good intellegence for tennis, he knows how to play. Curently 19 in the ranking, american have 25/15 record this year, he is playing better and better, in few weeks at home courts he improved a lot, hard court record 9/6 and yet he is still in this tournament so he can win a lot of matches.

Tommy Paul – 20 years old, 185cm tall player from USA, which currently surprised everyone at USA hard court evens. 175 in the ranking now, plays like he is in TOP50 maybe even better, so what is so special that he can compete with Kei Nishikori, Donald Young, Gilles Muller ? Well youngster have a lot of motivation that for sure, he is fresh in court, after few year drifting now he is playing like men. Very fast, with a lot of power and strong fast shots he can score a lot of points. Next thing nobody knows how he plays and there are no information, so it hard to play against him. Youngster likes all stylish hits like other young players do. For sure we will see him in Top100 very soon, he have 27/10 score on hard.

Comparing the players : We have two different generations and two different styles of playing. While John Isner just getting in shape and winning some matches with his great serve (9/6) Paul Tommy is winning matches with his fresh and fast game play (27/10). John is slower and more tactics guy, while Paul is all about energy and speed. Two different generations have different players, John is from older serve and volley generation if we can say that, he is one of last players who uses a lot of this strong tactic and isn‘t afraid of net. Youngster is more from long rallies generation with strong shots from baseline. Well also Paul is more all surfaces player, he can play really well on clay.

What to expect today : Well John is in good shape, he had some rest, now he can play good again, Paul also did his preparation for this tournament, so he must play good again, maybe he won’t surprise John, but he still will play very good tennis. Faster and fresher on courts Paul can be a really big problem for John, maybe John will hit a lot of aces and good serves, but for how long it will help him in this match? He will reach a tiebreak, whats next? If Paul will make some good returns he will take this win, so J. Isner must do something else, because Gilles Muller had his lesson, only serve won‘t help against Paul.

Unfortunetly John is to smart to make same mistakes like other players, anyway Paul is going to be great player.

Game preview : Cincinnati 2017 (USA) second round is here for the last day, and we have a very interesting match. USA home player Sam Querrey will meet French player, both players already secured 32,780 $ and 45 ranking point‘s, but players like these will want more, they both at this moment are playing just perfect tennis and for now they collect as much points as they can. Few weeks one title, a lot of QF rounds and a lot of defeated players, they can be very dangerous at this moment.
Let‘s talk about players :

Sam Querrey (20) – Tall player from the USA, who is one of those good serving players in America, but it not all, he plays really well on baseline, all around court, he is fast for tall player like him. 29 years old player, this year plays well, he showed a very nice perfomance at Wimbledon, he went to SF. He won title not so long ago in Los Cabos ATP250. 19/6 score on hard for now, but with all this hard surface tour in USA he probably will win even more matches.
Adrian Mannarino (36) – Frenchman who finally returned to high spot in the rankings, now he can play his best tennis, he don’t need to play a lot of tournaments in challenger. We can say it is one of the best years in tennis career, 16/8 score on hard court and this surface suits him well. This season Adrian started with two challenger titles, later he performed really good on grass, some good clay results, but player doesn‘t even „like“ clay surface.

Comparing the players : Both players are different in a lot of aspects, like Sam is really tall, but Adrian is just norma height, of course serve is better in Sam tennis play, frenchman can hit good serves to, but he rarely uses it like main factor to win points, he don‘t use serve and volley much. Speed on court ? Well we can say Adrian is faster, but all those perfect shots we see in Sam matches, makes us question, who is really fast or slow? Still maybe frenchamn is more athletic, he runs more, he likes fast movement, he have a lot of good qualities just like American.

What to expect ? We can say both players are in really good shape, so they both will try to their best for this match, they both want to win and get more points. H2h they played two times and both times player from France was better, but in very long fight, we guess they will do same for this match, they will fight until it’s over.

Game preview : Cincinnati Open Masters in USA is going to R16 and we have many good matches with intriguing post line. Dominic Thiem and Adrian Mannarino is one of the most interesting players here and theirs match can be very spectacular. Dominic is still getting fit and ready for hard court surface, while Adrian is in his perfect shape. 62,180 $ and 90 point's is what players get in this round, Frenchman won two challenger titles in the beggining of the season, so 90 point's = one challenger title.

Let's talk about players :

Dominic Thiem (8) - Austrian player is mostly known for his clay surface skills, he is best there, players like Novak Djokovic or Rafael Nadal often struggles or even lose to him. Well Dominic on hard isn't so great player, 12/8 score versus 22/5 on clay. He is best there no secret, all other surfaces is big challenge for him. Austrian have a really good serve, very nice one handed backhand and great tennis intellegence. Few years ago he went to far on tennis matches, he played so many matches in year and it was his mistake, he couldn't rest after season and got many injuries. He still young so all his experiences is in the future.

Adrian Mannarino (36) : Frenchman is older player, maybe not so talented , he also never reached top8 in his life, but does it matter now? Well, they both played a lot of times and all matches was won by Austrian. Adrian is good player on hard surface or grass. 17/8 score on hard, so he will improve a little for sure, many hard surface events is in the future. Adrian can serve a good serve, he like to hit fast shots and play fast tennis, while Dominic loves slower courts it's a big difference between them.

Comparing the players : Adrian is older, he have more experience and likes fast surfaces, while Dominic is taller and younger, but still he loves clay surface, he finds himself best there. We can agree Dominic is much better player, but still he always strugle against frenchman, except on clay.

What to expect today ? We can say, while Dominic is finding his way to best shape and Adrian is in best shape he can get, we can expect a long 3 set fight, maybe even Tie break in first set. They both will start with strong tennis, concentrate on serve on theirs serve and later only on opponent serve.

Game preview : Welcome to QF of the Cincinnati Masters ATP. Today we have a clash between young generation and old generation, why this match is interesting ? Well, both players are clay kings( Maybe Prince and Young prince) All best results they are showing on this particular surface - clay. But today they will play on hard surface and it really hard to say what will happen. 119,740 $ and 180 point's, this is what both players will get. Of course we are talking about Dominic Thiem and David Ferrer.

Let's talk about players :

David Ferrer (31) - Older Spain player, who played many matches in his life, had many titles and he is one of the best players on clay court, still he can play really well on all different surfaces, he is very talented. 175cm player most his life run for all balls and returned a lot of them, now he changed his strategy a little, mixed his play, he is more agressive, uses longer shots. David is glad to be here, after few hard years, he is coming back to TOP Elite players, he will get 180 point's already, so he will go up in rankings for sure, what next ? we will see. Like R. Nadal he is coming back to good tennis.

Dominic Thiem (8) - Austrian player is mostly known for his clay surface skills, he is best there, players like Novak Djokovic or Rafael Nadal often struggles or even lose to him. Well Dominic on hard isn't so great player, 13/8 score versus 22/5 on clay. He is best there no secret, all other surfaces is big challenge for him. Austrian have a really good serve, very nice one handed backhand and great tennis intellegence. Few years ago he went to far on tennis matches, he played so many matches in year and it was his mistake, he couldn't rest after season and got many injuries. He still young so all his experiences is in the future.

Comparing the players : Both players are totally different, they both can be clayers, but they use different tactics. Dominic is taller, he have much better serve, likes to play agressive and strong, fast tennis, while David now is more tactics guy, likes to play long rallies and slower, spins ball around, makes a good movement and hits unexpected. Young player like Austrian likes fast play on slow court and thats a difference betwwen them, David is old folk who is have his style of playing on clay court.

What to expected today : Well, it can go both ways, Dominic doesn't show all his potential on hard court, yes he was here year ago and completly lost himself here. This surface isn't so good for him and again in second phase of season he just can't show his best tennis. While David is getting better and better with every tournament so far, hard court? no problem, he knows how to use it and how to play, his only weakness is weaker shots and physically ability. Today we can expect one or other player to win in two set's.

Well done Brexit, Ferrer won in two set's!

Game preview : Semis in the WTA Cincinnati Open and we have a last match here, where Simona Halep will meet USA player Sloane Stephens. Both players already secured 128,330 $ and 350 ranking point's, solid money and solid points. What can happen today ? Well it's different story about these two girls, so match can go both way's.

Let's talk about players :

Simona Halep (2) - Second in the ranking Romanian small girl is very good tennis player, even if she is small not so strong, but she can play really well on all surfaces and defeat all other players. So short girl is very dangerous, she can mix up her game really good, one second Simona can be agressive, other second she can use a deffensive tactics. 13/6 hard surface record for this year, she lost a little bit points earlier, so now she can take it back on this tournament.

Stephens Sloane (151) - 24 years older girl from USA, after hard half season is back on court. Sloane had a leg injury, she couldn't walk or do anything for some time, later she couldn't practice. Now she can play and she does play well, she already won 8 and lost two matches on hard surface. American already reached one SF and lost, now she is in another SF. She is a good palyer for sure, but after hard injury and not playing for long time she can be not ready enough for elite players, as we saw last tournament she lost in SF, now she is here again, but maybe she want to win, but she just can't for now.

Comparing the players : Well, both girls are really similar, Simona and Sloane is shorter girls on tour, uses a lot of mix tennis elements, like to run a lot. But we can say Simona is much better in everything, thats why she is No.2 in WTA rankings.

What to expect today : Romanian and american met 6 time's before, 4 times Simona was better, other two Sloane. We see one tendency to win match in two set's, all six matches ended in 2 sets, with lack of game's, so why not expect same thing for today? We can say S. Halep is in better shape, she is better player with no injuries for now and american girl is after injury, she won't be so dangerous for today in this match.

Game preview : Winston Salem ATP250 is one of the last tournaments before Us Open Grand slam and we have a lot of players who want to get some point's while Elite players isn't playing here and waiting for Us Open. (748,960 $, hard, men) Tournament won't give players a lot of money in first round, neither points. So players must win at least one round to get some point's. In first round today we will see two interesting players here Ričardas Berankis and Marcos Baghdatis.

Let's talk about players :

Ričardas Berankis (165) - Player from Lithuania, who suffered a lot from his health injuries and went down in ranking, but now he is climbing up again, maybe we will see him again in TOP50. Lithuanian was no.1 in juniors tennis, but after that he struggled a little bit, he played good, but not good enough. Ričardas have a TOP10 fastest serve, he made 231~ Km/h . So even with his short height he can serve well , he is very fast and athletic, his forehand is powerful, but he is quite bad at the net and in serious balls.

Marco Baghdatis (72) - Player from Cyprus which is a little bit older and have same problems with health. Few years ago Marco played really well, but then something went wrong, maybe he got tired of tennis, but now he is trying to get back in TOP50 at least. Almost same tall like Ričardas, Marco also can hit good serves and hit good forehands, but still near net he is not so good and in serious situation often makes mistakes just like Lithuanian.

Comparing the players : In a lot of situation they are simillar, Ričardas is much younger so he can still improve, but for today they are even. Only few numbers can say answers for us - Ričardas hitting first serve better, makes less mistakes from forehand and is a little bit faster.

What to expect today ? Both players, play same tennis for now, not in the best shape, so we can expect one of them win in two set's, but probably they will play 3 set's, because for them it will be hard to win in two set's with that shape they have now.

Good review, they made a lot of game's in two sets, still Ričardas isn't good player like he used to be

Game preview : Welcome back to Winston Salem ATP250 and we are in the second round already, prizes are increasing and for this round players gets 6,120 $ and 10 ranking point's... Comparing to US Open first round prizes it is nothing... Still players playing here, getting in shape, looking at mistakes. In this match we have a two times winner John Isner and Russian Andrey Kuznetsov.

Let's talk about players :

John Isner (14) - 32 years old and 2 metres height player from USA is most known for big heart and big serve, but let's talk about him like person, long time he played basketball too, tall player can easily dunk, shoot, he have great sportmanship, but also John is very kind person, he made his of fundation for dogs, and recently bought a 500 packs of dog food, for homeless dog shelter. Talking about his game, he plays impressive tennis, most known style of old tennis - Serve and volley, a great serev helps him to collect points easy, he likes playing near net. Long strong hands, can catch any ball around him, but that not all, he have very good intellegence for tennis, he knows how to play. Curently 14 in the ranking, american have 28/16 record this year, he is playing better and better, in few weeks at home courts he improved a lot, hard court record 12/7 and yet he is still in this tournament so he can win a lot of matches.

Andrey Kuznetsov - 185 cm tall and 26 years old player is mostly known for his clay tennis skills, but on hard so far he didn't improve that much so other players would be afraid of him. Andrey is very talented player, but not so lucky with injuries, he get injured often. What we can say about his tennis? Well, he have a great serve, he is very fast and athletic, he likes to hit good forehand hits, still he need to improve a lot in all ways, especially in his strategy and thinking. This year record on hard 5/6, not impressive like all his hard statistics.

Comparing the players : John Isner is taller with better serve, thats for sure, but Andrey is much faster and flexible on court, he can run very well and that will be a problem for John. Russian likes to play fast tennis too, so they both can hit good serve, perfect winners and play short rallies.

What to expect in this match? It is very good question, also like what John with his ranking and last schedule doing here? He won two titles on USA courts, reached SF in Master event, why no get some rest before Us Open? Andrey is here because he needs to save what is left from his ranking, so he will try to win for sure, he need to play some time on hard to get ready for Us Open too. We would say, John won't play with 100% power, but Andrey going to try to win.

Nice one Brexit!

Game preview : R16 at Winston Salem ATP event, tournament is getting closer to his end and closer to Us Open Championship. 10,065 $ and 20 point's it's not much, but it's still worth to fight for next round prizes. In this match we have a two clay type players, which are not really familiar with hard surface. Maybe we said it too harsh, they play good on hard courts, but they win rarely only in very good runs.

Let's Talk about players :

Damir Dzumhur (67) - Player from Bosnia And Hercogovina, not tall, not with significant moves, no superb serve, but player still tries hard as he can, and look at him he is 67 spot. This year 10/7 on hard, players isn't great hard court specialist, but he can be proud, he won against T.Berdych, Rafael Nadal and other great players. Damir likes to run a lot, hit very nice shots, he is very fast, but still he prefers slower courts, where he can do a lot more.

Horacio Zeballos (58) - 7 Years older player from Argentina, with better serve, much more experience and better results on hard, but... much older? maybe more tired? We don't think so, Zeballos have very hot blood in his veins, he want's to do a lot in his tennis career, but time is running out, still he love this sport, we all remember when he played against Novak Djokovic in Doha, he lost and went straight to Djoko and asked him for a selfie. Just wonderful tennis player, like Damir he prefers clay surface, but he can play on all surfaces. 5/6 this year score on hard court, maybe he will improve today.

Comparing the players : Serve? Horacio is better here, experience ? Also Argentinian, all movement and style of play? Maybe Horacio again. Dzumhur is younger, maybe have more energy for win, more time to get better, but at this moment H. Zeballos is much more better player, h2h also shows us that.

What to expect today : Well, h2h say's for us something, but it was long time ago and now they play on hard surface. We think experience and motivation will be the key for Zeballos and he will win in 2 or 3 set's.

Game preview : Us Open qualification is on fire, players are competting for the main draw, for the pride, money and point's. Qualification is always full of unexpected things, but it worth a try. Today we will write about two youngsters from nextgen. Greece player Stefanos, whom had a few bright moments and Italian player Matteo, which is performing very good on hard court.

Let's talk about players :

Berrettini Matteo (140) - He is almost in top 100, its matter of time when he will be top100 player, he is trying very hard, doing best he can. Matteo is very talented and smart player, he need just more practice at high level, few matches with elite tennis players and he will be ready, experience is the key, he have tennis braings, so he just need time. 16/4 on hard surface, two finals in Challenger tournaments and one SF. This year 40/14 score on all surfaces and he is in the highest point of his career.

Tsitsipas Stefanos (161) - Youngster from Greece is almost in the highest ranking spot of his life, but little by little he is going down. Tall player with great serve, great thinking and talent can play very well, still he need to improve, youngster style of tennis won't be successful all the time. 6/3 on hard surface this year, nothing impressive yet, he reached only one SF in challenger, but it's not his surface, if we look at other results, Stefanos is very succesull on clay courts. 34/23 all year record, not so impressive, but he is still young.

What to expect today : Both players likes different surfaces, they are playing different style of tennis, Matteo likes fast tennis, while Stefanos prefers slower courts, where he can do more. We think Matteo have a better chances to win today, he have more experience on fast hard courts, playing much more solid tennis and he is in better shape.

Good review, but.. .sadly Matteo lost

Game preview : Us Open qualification is coming to end and all players want to reach main draw, to get first round prize and some points, especially those young players. There is posibility that player will play versus Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer in Artur Ashe court, so it's prestigiuos.

Denis Shapalov (69) – Nine years younger player from Canada, he isn’t real Canadian, he was born in Israel. 183cm tall, can shoot really good serve, he is very young so very fresh and athletic. Only 35/18 career record on hard, but still it is very promising, this year 20/7 hard surface record, most wins was reached in canadian hard court season in late summer, he won one challenger here and reached final on next one. Now he is near first round of US Open championship. Denis is very talented, he defeated players like Juan Martin Del Potro, Rafael Nadal, even Roger Federer said he enjoys watching him play.

Jan Satral (196) -27 years old player Czech Republic can't brag about something special, he never was in top100 and now he is in very uncomfortable situation, he must reach at least second round if not, he will loose his ranking and go down a lot. 5/7 record on hard courts this year, nothing impressive yet. Jan mostly plays on clay surface and in challenger events. We don't have a lot info about him, but we know from last year he can be very motivated and no one can win easily against him.

What to expect today : Both players want to reach first round, but who wants more ? Denis played really well in Canada and that is understandable, he is canadian. Jan isn't such great player like others from top100, but he will to his best, he have more experience, he played here last year and he knows how to do it. Denis can strugle today, because he isn't playing at home courts, not many people will cheer for him and all that fire can go away from him.

Denis strugled from the beggining, nice review again

Game preview : Final in Winston Salem ATP250. 50,830 $ For Finalist and 150 point's, winner takes 89,280 $ and 250 point's. Nothing impressive compared to Us Open prizes, but title is always more important thing than prize or point's. In today final we have last year finalist Robredo Bautista and first time finalist here Damir Dzumhur.

Let's talk about players :

Roberto Agut (15) – Spanish player, maybe Roberto looks weak on physical and power tennis, but he plays totally different tennis. Roberto is not tall player at all, he can serve a good serve sometimes, but mostly he using his head to win. 18/6 score on hard this year and yes, this spaniard really like fast surfaces not only clay. Roberto have best score on hard courts, 208/99 that is pretty much impressive. How small player like this from clay surface country can be so good? Well, like we said he uses his own strategy, his coach said : His every opponent is in big trouble, because Roberto is always ready for them, he watches a lot of recordings, does his math and makes a strategy for every player. Also player from Spain is very talented, he have good, strong shots in every direction , nice touch.

Damir Dzumhur (67) - Player from Bosnia And Hercogovina, not tall, not with significant moves, no superb serve, but player still tries hard as he can, and look at him he is in 67 spot. This year 13/7 on hard, players isn't great hard court specialist, but he can be proud, he won against T.Berdych, Rafael Nadal and other great players. Damir likes to run a lot, hit very nice shots, he is very fast, but still he prefers slower courts, where he can do a lot more. Even with his style of tennis he reached a final here.

Comparing the players : Both players are similar in physical way, they have similar height, weight, but both players playing on completly different levels. Spanish player have more power on every shot, more accuaracy, more everything, while Damir is playing simple fast tennis and only sometimes shows us superb play. Damir Dzumhur have a great spirit of tennis and big motivation, but to win a title is not enough. Roberto is much more experienced player and his talent and thinking while playing is very impressive.

What to expect today : Few things to say : 1) Damir Dzumhur is after clay tournament, where he lost in the final, now he without any rest or warm up on hard is playing at hard surface event. We guess he was on fire and in good physical shape, but now he must already feel that all tiredness from this much tennis matches. 2) Damir will meet a hard court specialist and without very good warm up on this surface he won't be able to compete.
3) Roberto, he is magnificent player, and last year he didn't win a title here, so this year he will not make same mistakes like last year.
So we guess it will go easy for Spanish player, two set's and done.

Thanks for info Brexit!

Game preview : Welcome to Poland, Challenger tournamet. This is one of the better tournaments in challenger, because a winner wins 125 ranking point's, also prizes are bigger. What do we see here? Unbielevable, but true, Richard Gasquet ATP - 30 is playing here, tonight. His opponent is near career end, but match can be very interesting.

Let's talk about players :

Richard Gasquet (30) - Last time he played in challenger event was 2010, as we know he won that challenger tournament in Bordeux and 7 years he didn't even think about this level tournament.
He is much older player now, difference between players is 7 years, so this Richard Gasquet now have a lot more experience. Richard is not so tall, but he have a good serve, good backhand and good strategy. Main qualities of Richard is his head, he thinks very well, his shots are near perfection, especially from the onehanded backhand. Frenchman played on clay only 6 times this year and managed to win 3.

Marcin Gawron - We can't say much about him, he never was in top100, not even in top200. Player from Poland is mostly playing in Futures tournaments. Clay is best surface for him, 261/181 balance on his career shows he is playing often on clay. 52/25 hard balance.

What to expect today : Well, it depends on Richard, if he want to train a little bit, hit some balls so he won't destroy his opponent, but on the other hand frenchman have a not so good year, so maybe he want to win again and feel good feeling about winning. Destroying opponet fast with better gameplay is good choice, he will save a lot of energy if he will do it quickly.

First set was strange, but later Gasqe started to feel better and won with bagel