Who will suck the least?
I get the feeling that both men are really not in a good place right now, to say the least. Above all, they ran into fairly similar problems in their last match, playing against opponents who were a bit too solid for them given their current level. With the attacking game they’re trying to set up, I’d say each of them has the opportunity to take on the other, maybe with a slightly bigger upside for the German Altmaier, who’s shown a slightly better level of play, but still isn’t completely right in his head. You can feel that as soon as it gets tough, things start to crumble a bit, and it’s the same for the Chinese player Zhang, who, as soon as there’s a bit too much resistance, starts piling up unforced errors and even drops his intensity at the end of matches. It’ll come down to who’s the least bad; I lean toward the German, but at these odds, is it really worth it? Not so sure.


