A special tournament for Khacha

The Russian won Bercy in 2018, he obviously feels comfortable here and will want to have a great week!

On paper it's an unbalanced match given Purcell's mediocre form but the Australian is hanging on and perhaps deserves a little better in his last defeats. Against Fritz it was better even if the American didn't play very well, he should have taken this first set, same observation against McDonald. In summary, it's not as catastrophic in the game as the results suggest. Khacha is coming off a good week in Vienna after a little setback, he's hurting with his power but he really needs to learn how to finish points at the net. In the short game he is often in difficulty and against a guy like Purcell that could be important, he will have to negotiate short slices and shoot a lot of passing shots.