Total blur

This is Medvedev's first tournament without Cervara, which is strange.

No tennis for Daniil for two weeks after the US Open and then a great week of preparation, his best this season apparently. With his new coach/staff we're all a little excited to see what it will be like. It will take a little time to see real changes but we know that sometimes the effect is immediate! I think that's what Medvedev was missing, he needed to change to find himself a little, I expect to see him be immediately better. First round far from obvious even if on paper he remains above Basavareddy. The American has passed two rounds of qualifying and has just worn down Cilic, we have seen again that the opponent's power is bothering him, he prefers to have time to set up his game. He will have this time against Medvedev, but he will have a problem attacking on the other hand, I'm not sure he has the adequate game to take the Russian by surprise and succeed in beating him from the baseline. Daniil's profile is a bit too extreme for him I think, in any case I give the advantage to the Russian on the matchup