And Not A Single Breakpoint Was Converted

We have two players who tend to come up short in the key moments...

Well, let's start with Kecmanovic. No matter how well he plays, it's more or less a guarantee that he is the one who folds in the tiebreaks or late in the set. Etcheverry is very efficient with his serve and +1, allowing him to hold his serve well. However, he is also someone who plays without much creativity; he is predictable and tends to repeat the same patterns over and over. Against opponents who dare to take more initiative and risks in the tight moments and tiebreaks, he doesn't match that, which also means that he does not have that much control over the outcome. Consistency is a good thing; predictability is not.

Both players are comfortable in the conditions, and we should see a serve-dominated affair with two players who struggle to convert on return and have the ability to hold their own. I do have Etcheverry as the slightly more "clutch" player, but Kecmanovic is the better ball striker. Their previous meetings in Stockholm and Paris have been tight three-setters, and while it's dangerous to rely too much on H2H, would it really be surprising to see something similar here? Neither player has really changed much since those two meetings took place...