Taylor to avenge Lamonf?

Monfils played like a painter against Darderi in R1 (injury?). The Argentinian, born Italian, serves well, but Fritz is the level above! Should we brush off this analysis?

In any case the American will arrive with the bitter taste of a somewhat harsh defeat against Struff on Sunday, in the final in Munich. Conditions change in temperature, but not so much in altitude. The American is 13th in the world, and may not play so badly on earth, I think. If the latter is a little heavy to stabilize its movements, it's not bad. He often preferred Munich to Barcelona... The other thing here, because we all wonder if Taylor is worth his odds of 1.54 against a guy that not many people know, is the enigma Luciano Darderi. Certainly, his game adapts well to Madrid, but the guy was coming off an injury in Bucharest and a dry defeat against his friend Navone. He may have preferred to come and train early in Madrid to give himself a chance to advance in a Masters 1000 who knows. He was solid in everything against Gaël but since it was Gaël who made all the mistakes, it's difficult to predict the guy's level...