3 sets without a winner?

McDo and VDZ are among the players who have a great range of level during the season, but make no mistake: the match-ups have something to do with it too!

We left McDonald's on a rollercoaster ride in the United States, and here he is again! This guy remains an enigma to me. He exudes an impressive ease, as well as a nonchalance (not to say laziness). He reminds me a little of Fognini. But one thing is certain: he loves to play with pace. If you don't serve steel and you're not a big rat or a dynamite player, then he risks annoying you. Against the young Budkov, he finished by playing ping-pong tennis. We had to vary it, make him work. And that's precisely the right role for VDZ. We know, the Dutchman likes to be in his role as a counter-attacker. He moves really well and makes a lot of guys crack in this register. On one condition, however: that he's comfortable in his own skin. He's been coming back well these last two months, but Marcos confided in me that he was a little erratic during his Davis Cup match. Imagining a closer score between the two men, I'm afraid it'll go back to a bad period. Generally, I wait to see a VDZ match in tournament conditions before betting. But here, we might have something obvious, right?