Ričardas Berankis - Marco Bagdhdatis

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.

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