The perfect opportunity?

The Spaniard Munar is looking to find his rhythm again after an injury. He has just played his first comeback match in Barcelona, where he was defeated by the new, extremely powerful Spanish rising star, exposing his lack of form and match rhythm. In Madrid, in a tournament where his results are not always great, he will face the Kazakh Shevchenko, whom he has already beaten twice with ease. The two players have a similar style, but Munar is slightly superior. The main question is how close Munar can get to playing his best tennis, given that he’s coming back from injury and dealing with the pressure of playing in Madrid. On the other hand, the Kazakh recently lost to the Croatian Cilic and to the local player Edouard in Munich, which signals a drop in confidence—far from ideal when facing an opponent who has always beaten him easily.