End of season hood open?
They are coming together a lot this season and I wouldn't be surprised if one of them completely explodes in the last tournaments.
After a big Asian tour we had to adapt to the very different conditions for Safiullin, in a match that I predicted was a trap we were not mistaken in this first round. A 6/2 6/3 victory much tighter than the score suggests. The Russian was realistic and killer, it's all the accumulated confidence that does the job too! 1st round over and now it's Mannarino, tough to play but the Frenchman's monotonous game will give Safiullin time to dictate the exchange, if he doesn't get too sleepy he has the advantage of the match up in my opinion. Mannarino tweeted 3 days ago that when he came to Sweden his luggage was lost, no racket or business, it may seem stupid but sometimes it doesn't take much to change the state of mind of a guy on a match. We haven't had any news since but I had to share this information with you!


