The almost serve-bots

It's going to come down here!

Hard to get a break here! It feels like a match with one or two breaks, and an extreme importance on the big points. In that department, both are very good. For his second match of the grass season, Hamad might be a bit behind against a Ugo who, in my opinion, looked much better in his R1 against Cilic.

When they played in Marseille, it was the final of a French indoor tournament, so yeah, perfect conditions for the Frenchman.

On grass, I still see him as a slight favorite. Hamad knows how to break up the rhythm with his drop shots, he can be super aggressive and powerful, he can play neutral from the baseline without making an error... But he can also drag himself into a few mental struggles. With the weapons he’s got, second match on grass or not, “don’t give a damn,” as Makélélé would say. Maybe the low, skidding trajectories will bother him a bit.

Anyway, I’m a bit in the dark with this analysis...