And why not...

Vitaliy has been chaining together clay-court matches recently: 11 matches in 20 days. Sure, he’s only beating Challenger-level players, but not only does he therefore have a longer preparation than his opponent today, clay is also by far his best surface, unlike the Canadian.

Then, in case you missed it, the Canadian is coming off two awful performances on clay. I saw him courtside in Monte Carlo, and it really wasn’t solid. In the heavy conditions in Munich, up against a very mobile clay-courter coming from qualifying, I’m mainly going to look at the odds to see if there’s anything worth trying, because it’s hard to consider taking a position on Diallo.