Lamonf, necessarily?

Gaël is not a big favorite in this match despite his recent good results and better tennis on clay. For what ?

Frankly, I'm just as surprised as you are. Gaël leads 3-0 in their confrontations in addition. Of course, Fucso always gives him a hard time, but hey, in the end, it's always the same person who wins. No if his rating is high it's because of his last match. The previous match counts a lot in the bookmakers' algorithms, and they are right. Gaël had a little difficulty adapting to the transition on land. Not so much on the movements but on the mentality. He clearly said that it pissed him off to have to be so patient and that as he got older, clay became his worst surface because of it. He wants to finish the points faster. He is coming off a good run on hard court in which he is known for covering his court like no other and being a rock but he also has quite a few free points on his serve and when he decides to put the rubber on with his forehand. There all these little "free" points you can forget 75% of them on clay. Afterwards, Fucso has the physique of a warrior, but not a clay player. If Gaël played Baez or Coria there I would have said ok. But Fucso it hits, it doesn't make big splashes as he digs the trench 3 meters behind his baseline. So I'm mixed...