Overcoming your pet peeve
A complicated draw for our Frenchman who finds Arnaldi, a player against whom he lost 4 times in 4 confrontations.
Arnaldi had cooled the entire public at Roland by taking out Fils this year but it was announced because the Italian has a rather effective game against the Frenchman. An enormous quality of movement, an ease to counter and regain control with his forehand and a fighting mentality. Arnaldi wears out Fils and forces him to put more until he explodes, the Frenchman can quickly lose his footing in a match except that he arrives with enormous confidence after his title in Hamburg this time. You will tell me yes but he had just won Bordeaux before playing Arnaldi at Roland already? Indeed but there is a huge difference between winning a challenger and an ATP500 by taking out top top players. I especially want to say that this title is the confirmation of a rise in power in Arthur that we felt coming for several weeks, he finds the perfect mix between aggressiveness and patience. What he does is more mature and I want to believe that this time he will succeed in finding the solutions against Arnaldi. The Italian is going through a bad period with 5 defeats in a row and not against top players, he is beatable!!


