Old-school

A battle of former top 10s, this confrontation has lost a little of its excitement over time but it remains a damn interesting match

After a completely botched comeback in China last week, Berrettini set the record straight against Munar. He made his serve and forehand work, his power from the baseline stifled the Spaniard who ultimately found himself in a super passive and purely defensive mode. What bothered Berrettini last week was that Svrcina still made the game whenever he could. I ask to see a new match of Berrettini to be able to place him well because this R1 he clutched it and was too little challenged afterward. Against Ruud the level will rise and we can count on the Norwegian to make the game with his forehand as soon as possible too. He got rid of an unstoppable Mochizuki for a good part of the match but he reacted well and rolled over the Japanese at the end of the match, I saw a good Casper even in difficulty. I watched a few matches at the Laver Cup and I liked what he was doing, he also says he has motivation for the end of the season! H2H level he leads 5/3 against Berrettini with quite a few wins on clay obviously, I don't see a terrible matchup for either of them. Ruud can push Berrettini far and turn around his backhand to go for the Italian's, that's a bit of a goal for both of them and for me it's more a question of dynamics