Vavassori, he is at home

As surprising a player as his last name might suggest, Vavassori has a card to play in the biggest Italian tournament of the year!

The right-handed Italian, 1.91 m tall. was first a good doubles player (4 titles on the main circuit) before trying his luck in singles from 2019. He reached his best ranking in singles as 128th in the world and gave us some great performances like a 1/4 in Buenos and an R2 in Miami valiantly lost against his compatriot Sinner. Having followed him to Miami, he is a conqueror and a creative. On land, his weapons have less effect but before this year, he had made the strategic choice to play 80% of his matches on land to, I think, learn the science of the singles game. He is very capable of raising his level of play during big events. Rome is not his first Masters 1000, the guy is starting to have a bit of trouble. However, having watched the summary of his meeting with Koepfer at the start of the year in Canberra, I think that the match up will complicate things for him. It's stupid, but the little German left-hander will certainly lengthen the rallies and emphasize the diagonal of the Italian's one-handed backhand. In Canberra, Dominik Koepfer broke in the first game in each of the two sets, before “managing”. Vavassori will arrive with new things this time. Hold back, put pressure intelligently against a player who is not confident on ground, and play along the line to bring the game to his diagonal. This match will therefore be played tactically, but also with the Italian's Latin heart. However, watch out for Koepfer who is playing better and better on the surface and who must certainly be upset after losing this legendary match in the first round of Madrid against Baena...