Cobolli already too far for Kotov?

The Italian leads 3/0 in the H2H and progresses from tournament to tournament, for Kotov it's a bit now or never to beat him!

3/0 but only tight matches, it's always a war when these two play each other but it's true that Cobolli arrives in much better shape. I found him excellent in Miami and he confirmed it at R1 by putting out an almost perfect match. For his part, Kotov made his task difficult against the local Benchetrit and did not reassure me. Physically he seems on the street and would suffer if the match were to last. No need to discuss it for 10 years, we have a player who has continued to gain strength for several months and on the other we have a Russian on a downward slope who is struggling to string together two victories in a row this year..