"Asi juega"

That's what Pablo Varillas' coach told me when he had just beaten Virtanen at Gstaad. I tell him "Congratulations! But what is he missing the Fnlander". Asi juega had answered me. It's his game...

We therefore have a very risky profile here as a bettor (the score of his first match here can attest to this), but I insisted on doing an analysis here because, a bit like Yannick Hanfmann, I find Qu 'Otto Virtanen has a hell of a quality of striking which will surely allow him to count him among the top 50 one day. So I'm getting a little ahead in my work in a way ;). It is still young, I hope it will water down its wine a little over the years.

On the Michael Zheng side, it is a young Rican who points whose best ranking points to 543ᵉ in the world. He recently rose thanks to a breakthrough at challenger Las Palmas in which he lost in the final to Nishikori. He's a player who reminds me a bit of Taro Daniel in his lightness and his style of play. He lifts a lot from the bottom and uses the serve mainly as an engagement. It's still 500ᵉ worldwide anyway huh, we get along. He does well on paper by beating Agamenone, but the Italian has only played 2 hard matches this year. To put it into perspective.

So we have a nice confrontation of style with a nag and a baseliner who plays at home. The match is clearly in the Finn's racket...