Review Author MoreTennis
Match preview : Gstaad 2017 (Switzerland) ATP 250 with prize fond 540,310 €, is here. Second day of tournament, but still first round and one of the last fights on Tuesday will be between Lorenzi Paolo from Italy and Marco Chudinelli from Switzerland. Home player Marco will try to take his revenge after loose in Davis cup to Italian. Well first round is always hard and interesting, especially when two players like these will play, they are not young anymore, they are old wolfs in tennis, whom knows how to play right. First round in Gstaad will give players 4,875 € and no ranking points, so it always worth to win at least one fight, to get some points and bigger money prize. Why this match is so interesting ? Well, maybe players isn‘t so elite or known, but fight between older players and different players is always entertainment.
Marco Chudinelli – 35 years old player, which never played good on clay, 36/50 record on clay say‘s he wont win today for sure, but don‘t be so sure, he plays at home and knows how to play. 188cm height player have a great serve for sure and more than 17 years of professional tennis experience on ATP courts. This season for Marco doesn’t go so well, all courts summary 9/18, maybe it‘s the end of career for Marco? Three years in a row he finishes this tournament at first round, maybe this year he will finally go thru it?
Paolo Lorenzi – Also 35 years old player, but different smaller player, who differently from Marco, still shows us good tennis, last week he reach Umag ATP250 Final, sadly for him he lost to nextgen player Andrey Rublev. This year summary 25/24, maybe it‘s not so good, but still much better than Marco‘s, on clay Paolo plays really well 19/11, for his age and physically shape it‘s is very good result. What is strongest gun‘s in Italian game? Well, he can serve well too, he is still very fast and plays very nice tennis on clay, as we saw last week, he managed to win versus Vesely Jiri after loosing first set 1-6 and in second set trailing with break.
Comparing players : It‘s easy to compare players, Marco is taller with better serve, but of course he is slower, he is winning on serve a little bit, but on speed and agility he can’t compete, for sure Paolo is much better here. Clay results are in favor for Italian too, ranking too (Lorenzi Paolo 36 – Marco Chudinelli 214), all other things connected to clay surface will be in favor for Paolo. Marco can hope for people support, home court and feeling more motivated to show good result here, especially after Paolo Lorenzi loosing in final to youngster, he can will demotivated.
What to expect? Well, between old players like them it should be good match, we won’t see them nervous or lazy on court, we think this match will be like chess game with a lot of strategies, longer rallies, different technique. It’s possible that Marco finally will go to second round again, but it depends how much Paolo will want to win again, maybe he will be a little tired after Croatia, but we know Italian is very good on clay, so he is favorite today.
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