Slim hopes for Manna?

The Frenchman arrives in great form in Dallas but he's playing back-to-back and hits a real obstacle here! Does anyone believe in him?

Not me! Why? Two main reasons: the form and the level of commitment Ben seems to be putting into this tournament (because yes, I still pay attention to that since I think it matters a lot for him), and second, the match-up of course. Manna struggles against powerful players. He’s super fit, he builds points well in rallies, but somewhat paradoxically, he doesn’t neutralize opponents’ power that well. I think it’s because he’s lost (or is lacking?) explosiveness. Anyway, in any case I’m not going to go on and on about it because it’s something I’m pretty sure about this time, this match-up thing. And here, with a Ben who’s really intent on doing well in this tournament (great first round) and a Manna who will hardly be at 100% physically, it looks very complicated to me. What can the Frenchman do? In my opinion he’s going to go for it and play super aggressive, like he did against Sinner last season. It even worked really well, he really threw him off. So a bit dangerous on one side. Let’s see what Shelton’s odds look like...