Dustin Brown - David Ferrer

Review Author MoreTennis

Game prieview : Welcome back to Bastad Sweden SkiStar tournament in 250 ATP series. Third day and we are already in R16 – what you get for being here? 8,230 € and 20 rating point‘s, after Wimbledon its looks not much, but its very good deal for this kind of tournament. Today our choice for one of the best matche‘s in this tournmanet was definetly a fight between David Ferrer and Dustin Brown, as we remember last year they made very good three sets match. This year we wait for good looking match too and we have a lot of reasons why it must happen.

David Ferrer – A elite player and doesn‘t matter that he went down in ranking, now he is only in 46 place. David is getting older, slower and it getting harder and harder to fight against youngsters whom are taller, faster and stronger. Of course we can talk either about his wonderful career or about this bad year he has, but one thing to say he still can play and win and this tournament is very good place for him thats for sure. Two time‘s winner, one time lost in final and three time‘s semifinalist here, in this tournament you we can see him almost every year. 373/164 Spaniard statistic on clay, very impressive and we know he was called second king on clay or prince on clay. Even Rafael Nadal can‘t win easily versus him, that says a lot. Sadly this year David have only 6/7 balance on clay and one win in this tournament versus F. Delbonis yesterday. What about his play ? – He uses same style of playing for years, he runs a lot, he likes long rallies, he have strategy to make his opponent running much and then hit last shot. Only 175cm guy doesn’t have great serve, he is struggling even here first serve in is under 50% that crazy bad. Things that left for him is his strategy, experience and knowing his opponent.

Dustin Brown – Unpredictable player, spectacular and wonderful in a lot of tennis way’s. It’s always nice to see him play in good mood, but not so much when he play’s without motivation. German player from Jamaica, with different styles of playing, he is even more spectacular than Gael Monfils we can say. 195cm who is 96 ranking place, player is tall, but comparing to Sam Querrey, Marin Čilič he is more flexible, more fast and can move very well, jumping, flying and hitting super serves. Let’s talk about serve – last year Dustin hit from the second serve 202km/h speed serve, that’s it very impressive. This year 3/8 result on clay doesn‘t look good, neither 242/170 career statistics look good, but we know he can play very well, he is talented, but unfortunetly he don’t show his talent often. Best parts of Dustin Brown game are his serve of course, its very dangerous gun in this battle, tactic when he uses serve and volley even on clay, dropshots, very fast forehand on return or slower points. Last year he showed he can play, so this year its all the same.

Comparing the players : Its simple to compare serve, Ferrer doesn’t serve well at this time, he have a lot of problems in his serve, unlikely like Brown who always trust his serve, and hits with more accuracy 61% first serve in, versus Ferrer 45%. And speed is different too. On rallies, we will see big difference in errors and winners for sure german player will hit more winners and errors(if unlucky), David Ferrer will hit few winners and just few errors, because he is very good on rallies, and he won’t make stupid mistakes. Strategy and experience on rallies goes in favour for Spanish player, but agility and speed which are key for today win, goes to Dustin Brown.

What to expect today : If last year there was a surprise to see Dustin play so well here, even versus David Ferrer, this year its will be surprise if Ferrer win with no struggles. We don’t say Ferrer can’t do it, but we see in his game something doesn’t go well If even we want to see him play well, its just not happening. So for this year our favorite is Dustin Brown, who is more well, plays faster game and much stronger physically. David experience and both players 2h2 can help David win one set that‘s for sure, but in the end we dont know if he will manage to take it down, Dustin have a lot of potential to win this match.