Stricker Stop Striking!

A Dominic Stricker a little at half mast at the moment. A little pale. He is still young, we may be asking a little too much of him...

My first thought when I see this match is of course that Stricker on hard is still pretty good. He can take time for the Spaniard and cause him to miss on his somewhat needy forehand. That's probably what would happen indoors, but there you go. Llamas Ruiz did very well in Segovia in fast conditions, and the weather conditions are to his advantage. You can very well have a 6/2 Stricker, then a Llamas Ruiz who gradually enters the brain of a Swiss who is not too confident and who often plays alone. Stricker is young and his level depends a lot on the quality of his first ball I think. So it's tricky to go over him as a bettor. He has a higher average level and got out of qualifying recently at Wim, but hey, you understood me. The Spaniard is a solid guy from the back, who spins with a forehand, who serves quite a bit with a small hard-hitting flat backhand. Argh, it's hot...