There we go!

Sho Shimabukuro is now regularly making it through the qualifiers for this kind of tournament, and that’s anything but a coincidence!

Shimabukuro came close to beating a solid Kecmanovic last week, and now he’s breezed through Delray qualifying. What happened? He quite simply watered down his game a bit so that his power would expose him less to unforced errors. On the other hand, I’ll say it straight away: Giron’s game and level are a notch above for me. Even if he’ll often be a bit under pressure, Giron’s running forehand is exceptional. And the American is built to counter. So not only does he have the matchup in his favor, but also the pure level. He’s been unlucky with the draws, but it’s going to pay off in the end, and today we have to take advantage of it before he plays Casper Ruud, the new father.