ATP/WTA Match discussions

Game preview : We reached a R16 round at Szczecin challenger, at no suprise Richard Gasquet is still here, he won without bigger struggles in first match. His opponent will be young spaniard Zapata Miralles Bernabe who is new in mens tennis and match again this frenchman will be special for him.

Let's talk about players :

Richard Gasquet (30) - Frenchman did start his first challenger in 7 years with a win. He played maybe not the best tennis, but it was enough for sure. Maybe match by match he will reach his best tennis.
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 7 times this year and managed to win 4.

Zapata Miralles Bernabe (294) - Youngster from Spain with 39/21 balance this year on clay surface, he is good player on futures level, maybe even in challenger he can compete with many players. Zapata is very fast and progresive player, few years more and he can be in top100 easy.

What to expect? We expect nothing more, but Richard Gasquet win with under. Zapata maybe a little bit better comparing to first round polish player, but Richard will be ready, he will continue his good tennis and he is going to win ussing his experience and concentration.

Good review mate

Zapata will feel a lot of pressure i guess

Easy match for Gasquet again

Game Preview : Davis Cup is here and we have a lot of matches in many places around the world. Players which play for their countries are feeling pride and they don't need money or ranking points, its all about love for tennis and their home. In this match we have Canada versus India match and two interesting players Bhambri Yuki and Denis Shapovalov.

Let's talk about players :

Denis Shapalov (51) – Seven 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 24/8 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 playing for his country in Davis Cup. Denis is very talented, he defeated players like Juan Martin Del Potro, Rafael Nadal, even Roger Federer said he enjoys watching him play.

Bhambri Yuki (157) - Fastest Indian tennis player ever, very talented, very athletic and nice to watch player, but he had hard career during his years in tennis. Playing in India, maybe with not the best coaches, best conditions for tennis. Anyway Yuki playing very solid tennis for two past years, he is going up in rankings almost every month. 29/11 balance on hard courts this year, and he already played Denis in Challenger this year, but lost 2:1.

Comparing the players : They are both fast, both players like to play on fast courts like hard, they can serve good, hit fast hits and run a lot, maybe at this moment Denis is in better shape.

What to expect today ? : Playing for country is different thing than playing in simple tournament, you play for a lot of people also you have a responsibility to show best tennis and play best tennis, this time players can't skip. In this scenario we see Yuki with atleast one set in his hands, this match for Canadian can be very hard and make him struggle, because he is big favourite today and that can press weight on him.

Well done Yuki, he played really well

Good review

Finally all Davis Cup coming to end and normal tournaments are coming back

Game prievew : Szczecin challenger, final on clay. Today we have a two great players, they both are to good on challenger level that for sure. Richard Gasquet will try to win first challenger tournament in 7 years and Florian Mayer will try to stop frenchman. Today its all about points and tittle, both players have a lot money, but maybe in past few months or years not enough titles and points. Winner will get 125 ranking points.

Let's talk about players :

Richard Gasquet (30) - Frenchman did start his first challenger in 7 years with many easy and hard wins, he was very close to lose one matchm but he managed concentrate and win. He played maybe not the best tennis this year, but he still trying to improve. Maybe match by match he will reach his best tennis.
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 10 times this year and managed to win 7.

Florian Mayer (69) - Tall german player, who can serve superb shots, he is quite good at basseline and hitting strong forehand hits. Anyway his career was good and bad at same time, he was close to retire from tennis, but Florian managed make his comeback and reach top100 again after all injuries. Player really like fast grass court and slow clay courts, for tall player like him its very interesting thing to do. German guy like to play mixed tennis, he can serve and volley, he can make sliced shot or dropshots from everywhere. This year he have 16/9 balance on clay.

Comparing the players : One is tall, other one is shorter, one is good server other one isn't hoping for his serve to save him. Frenchman is really good on rallies and his tactics, while Florian often plays different style and often he start to do stupid things on court. We think serve isn't most important thing today, its all about tactics in the final match.

What to expect today : We can say final is always nervous place, so betting on under is often good idea. This time Richard Gasquet is our factor to bet under, such good player in lower level can do great things and he have resources to do it. Frenchman is much more faster, confident and can stand on all rallies without mistakes, his top spin hits or crossovers can be very dangerous for tall player like Florian.

He won in two sets.. sadly i made bet on under

Game preview : Welcome to Saint Petersburg Open tournament. One of the richest tournaments in all ATP250 category is very special place for players and people and it isn't all about money, this ATP/WTA event is very bright and colourful in many ways. Today we had a first round and few matches on it, but tomorrow will bring us much more fights. Ričardas Berankis every year competor came here again this year, his opponent is Daniel Masur from Germany playing first time in this event. He already won two matches in Q round.

Let's talk about players :

Ričardas Berankis (177) - Lithuanian player, who mostly plays on hard courts and inside courts. Few past years was really diffucult for him, he was diagnosed with ashtma, also that effected his tennis life and his shape. He lost many matches in past with no real competition, he was devastated. Anyway this year he is playing much better, he won one challenger title, made one final in other challenger. Ričardas is shorter player, but he have a very solid serve, he is also very fast and real figher.

Daniel Masur (296) - German is also struggling this year, he can't compete good enough with better players on challenger level. He lost many matches this year comparing to last year, still he reached a main draw here, that is very good for him. Daniel like to play strong on tennis court, he also have a good serve, he is also fast, but his mistakes on court are terrible and it is main reason why he is loosing so many matches, same goes for Lithuanian.

What to expect ? We can say both players are really simillar in many way's. Ričardas can serve a good serve, but Daniel can do it too. They both makes same mistakes and that is the reason why we can see a 3 sets tomorrow. They are not so confident and solid players to win in this match with result 2-0 or 0-2. Our guess is they will make at least 23 game's.

Oh that Russia.. Such big prize for first round

Game preview : Rich Saint Petersburg tournament have reached second rounds. In this round players will get more than 17,000 dollars and 20 points. After first round both players Damir Dzumhur and Marco Baghdatis won quite hard in first round match.

Let's talk about players :

Marco Baghdatis (122) - Player from Cyprus which is a little bit older and have same problems with serve and motivation. 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 TOP100 at least. Almost same tall like Damir Zumhur, 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 Damir.

Damir Dzumhur (55) - 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 55 spot. This year 14/11 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.

What to expect today : Well, players are similar in a lot of way's, but Marcos lost to many matches in this year, so he must play good on this one finally. We saw him in first round with good serve again, fewer mistakes. Damir played really well on hard season in USA, but now he little by little getting slower, we saw it in first round.

Thanks for review mate

Game Preview : Indoors hard tournament in Metz. Similar tournament to St.Petersburg, but not so fancy or rich. In the second round we have two French players Nicolas Mahut and Kenny De Scheeper. These two players are really good at serving and playing serve and volley.

Let's talk about players :

Mahut Nicolas (107) - Frenchman who is 35 years old and play very nice old style of tennis, he isn't afraid of running to the net after serve, after good hit from forehand, he is one of the best players near net, why so? He is also top player in doubles and in doubles you must play good near net, you need have great reaction to ball so from doubles to singles he transfered a lot of good play, but sadly this year he don't play good at all. First round win was very suprising and almost to easy for him. 190cm tall and 80kg weight player have 2/2 indoors hard score this year, Frenchman is very good on grass and indoors courts.

Kenny De Scheeper (181) - This Frenchman is also out of top 100 bounds, why? We can't say for sure, he played really good tennis last year, but this year he just can't compete with youngsters. Two metres tall player can hit very good serve and catch all lobs over his had, he is also quite good at net. This year he is mostly playing on challenger level and have 29/27 match summary. Maybe he didn't work enough on his physic state and we can see he runs to slow for fast tennis.

What to expect in this match : Well both players are not young anymore, they like to simple tennis, hit serve run to the net and finish the point. These two old wolfs play really tennis in indoors courts, but we can say Nicolas Mahut is much better player in many ways and he is proving that by leading h2h 1-4. Anyway in this match we want to see a lot of game's and at least one TB.

Sounds good enough, they both can hit quite good serve, they both not the fastest players anymore

Game preview : Welcome back to Saint Petersburg Open tournament. One of the richest tournaments in all ATP250 category is very special place for players and people and it isn't all about money, this ATP/WTA event is very bright and colourful in many ways. We already have QF rounds and we are happy to see two interesting players here Ričardas Berankis and Fabio Fognini.

Let's talk about players :

Ričardas Berankis (177) - Lithuanian player, who mostly plays on hard courts and inside courts. Few past years was really diffucult for him, he was diagnosed with ashtma, also that effected his tennis life and his shape, after that he had a surgery for his back. He lost many matches in past with no real competition, he was devastated. Anyway this year he is playing much better, he won one challenger title, made one final in other challenger. Ričardas is short player, but he have a very solid serve, he is also very fast and real figher. Now he is lucky to be in QF because Philipp Kohlschreiber retired.

Fabio Fognini (29) - A very interesting player to watch and listen. Italina is spectacular player, but there is one thing about his mind, he can keep with good behaviour. Short Italian mostly is playing on slow surfaces, but he often tries different tournaments. 28/37 balance on inside hard courts, but don't be fooled he already had reached a final here once, so he can do it again. This year Fabio won one title on clay.

What to expect in this match : Two short players, but with totally different style of tennis. Berankis can serve good serves, Fabio isn't so good at it. Berankis is quite fast, but maybe Fabio is faster a little bit on court and he thinks faster, that often helps him near court. Berankis really like fast courts and that can help him, but they met last year in Moscow sadly for Berankis he lost without competition. This time we guess he can keep up with Fabio.

So what is the best choice? Maybe 2-0 Fabio to win?

Game prieview : Semis in Russia Saint Petersburg and one of the most nice tournaments of ATP 250 tour will end. 50,920 $ and 90 points players already secured in this round. In this first match we will see Lenard Struff from Germany and Bosnian Damir Dzumhur. Both players are first timers in semis at this tournament.

Let's talk about players :

Damir Dzumhur (55) - 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 55 spot. This year 14/11 on hard and inside court hard balance is 5/2, player 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.

Struff Jan-Lennard (54) - German guy came here from Davis cup and now he is playing very well, he even won against Tsonga. Lenard is tall guy with great serve, strong attacking shots and he really likes to play strong tennis with his powerfull shots. Lenanrd mostly is playing on clay courts and that is very strange, because he is tall and not so clay style player. On the other side he can be very good on fast courts like in this tournament. 5/2 balance on indoors courts this year.

What to expect today : Well, we think that after good Davis cup, Lenard is in perfect shape now and he will be ready to win again, he managed to win against Tsonga yesterday. Damir is good player but againt those fast strong shots he won''t be able to to much.

That Struffi... Couldn't compete after deafeating Tsonga