Not easy that one

Here we are in the presence of two outsiders who each come out of a big tournament. A lot of similarities in their game, A surface that suits them perfectly, and a very tight meeting in 2021. Get over it Elie 😅

Well, first point to emphasize: Fokina is the one with a higher average level, we agree. Better regularity over his seasons = better ranking = logical favorite in a very tight match up.

From a purely tennis point of view, we are going to witness a big duel of pure baseliners, with the difference that Fokina has a little more power where McDo has to use the speed of the ball a lot. The Spaniard could find himself a little more in the position of boss in the exchange, and that's what scares me a little because he would put McDo in his ideal posture, that of the blocker par excellence. Their level at the moment t is for me so much love that you have to get the answer mentally. And there, after Fokina's spoon serve in the super 5ᵉ set tie-break against Rune à Wim, it's not easy 😅. Even if he seems to channel his passion well in Toronto, it can come out at any time. Where, conversely, Makie McDo is a machine.

Regarding their journey, I find that Fokina had more difficult players to maneuver. Difficult by their level of course, but also by their variety of play. On the other hand, the Rican comes out only good guys in 2 sets (even if Raonic burned counts a little less). Not easy..