The Wild Carded Royer

Victim of Monteiro in the OA qualifiers (interesting Tennis Legend report on it), then Wild Card at Roland Garros for his excellent season, then qualified at Wim, then Wild Card again here with the agreements between Grand Slams. The Frenchman will have had a great season!

Yes, and a hell of a progression too. He recently challenged a Khachanov, admittedly tired, but still! I would have preferred him to go through the qualifiers to be ready anyway. At Roland Garros, there was pressure, of course, but if he had played 3 matches before, he would have beaten Galan I think. The advantage is that he will have recharged his batteries, and he needs it with his David Ferrer-like game. Opposite, Bu finally managed to win several times in a row in a main circuit tournament. He came close to not losing his first round, but like that, you have to fight all the time in tennis, it's crazy. So, I wonder: isn't it confidence that he simply lacked? The same one he had last season. Because his tennis wasn't going well. So a big question for me, to know what impact his good tournament in Winston Salem will give him. As for the matchup, a confident and rhythmic Bu will like Valentin's game. He's not powerful enough, nor rowing enough. I'm worried about the Frenchman... He'll fight for every point, no doubt about it. But Bu has the ability to hurt him more from deep. Which brings us to...