The Moutet trap..

Coco is a real poison to play on grass but is Mannarino better? Who will piss off the other the most?

I was wary of this tournament for Mannarino with Wimbledon coming up and a possible slackening of the Frenchman given the conditions and upcoming deadlines. We didn't feel he was super involved against Pella at the start of the match and I especially have the impression that it was the fact of losing against such a weak player that "forced" Mannarino to fight a minimum to win this match. 3 sets and I know that he will necessarily think about it if the match against Moutet were to drag on, he knows that with his current level of play he can hope to have a good Wimbledon so why burn himself out before? The complete opposite of Moutet who already hates losing and will not have the same ambitions at Wim. Coco again won relatively easily against Carballes after a solid first round against O'Connell, what he does without a setback is quite remarkable. First confrontation between them and it's hard to predict what match we'll have, I still expect long exchanges since both are patient when the exchange is engaged.