So obvious?

But what the hell is Nishikori doing seriously?! The guy plays 5 tournaments a year and that's it! Can he seriously compete here against the world number 26?

Honestly, every time he comes back he plays pretty well, that idiot! But his body looks completely destroyed. But in 2 winning sets, you shouldn't underestimate him. The Japanese is 34 years old, he is at the end of his career. I don't know how much that can boost him but it can still be pretty good. Especially since these last matches at Roland are really not bad at all. Of course Diallo is not a great clay player, but he had to go get him, and behind he hangs on to Shelton so frankly cool. Of course not at the level of Draper but hey: the Brit is far from being a surface specialist. I also know that a lot of you have his defeat against Norrie at Wim in mind and think that he can "choke" by defending the colors of his country (that is to say put pressure on himself and lose when he has a comfortable margin). Anything is possible huh, but the match against Norrie was really very special. The two know each other by heart, they are friends, and Norrie played really well. That would be forgetting his victory in Stuttgart, which he went for mentally, and his victory against Carlito at Queen's the following week. Draper moves well, and makes him move well with his left-handed foot. He can be very powerful and dictate the exchange. For me, he is the very logical favorite here.