Richard Berankis - Adrian Mannarino

Acapulco 500 tournament with Rafael Nadal, Marin Cilic and many other good players. Still in first round we will watch out for simpler players and matches.

Let's talk about players :

Ricardas Berankis (ATP 108) - A best Lithuanian player, but he isn't best for himslef right now, Richardo had best season few years ago when he reached TOP50 its was big achievment and he was prooud of it. Ex junior first racket didn't find himself in mens tennis for a while, but now he is good enough to win one more challenger, he does that every year. Berankis can hit good forehand, make a great return or hit decent serve, but he have one problem he isn't good at net - and every match he is loosing from 5 to 10 points at net, that always demotivates him.
Anyway this season he had few good runs, good play at Davis cup, so he is in very solid shape at the moment - He won a Q round here, so i think he will play best tennis at the moment, also his is highly motivated for return to top100.

Adrian Mannarino (ATP 24) - Frenchman player who after last perfect year can't find good tennis in this season yet, but still he reached SF, QF round in this year, so thats good. Yet with good ranking he is getting not so perfect players, so he can win more easily. Adrian have a decent serve, good movement and also nice touch, but he have same problem like Richard a motivation problem.

In the end - Both players are not so stable, but at this moment they play very nice tennis, they are both in shape, also Berankis played in Q so he will play good against Adrian. Both players already met 6 times and they won 3 times each, in my oppinion this time will be like few times before with 3 sets.

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