That devil Jodar..

The young Spaniard is damn hard to beat; since he turned a corner he hasn’t been disappointing.

We've seen an excellent Jodar for several weeks, but it's true that his level has dropped a bit recently; his matches are less perfect, though the results are still decent, you still have to beat him twice to get the win. Carreno can testify to that: after yet another high‑level match, Carreno lost to him again and he was not happy at the end of the match. This is still not the best version of Jodar right now, he can be beaten and he doesn't handle grass as well as other surfaces, which means he can "manage" his weaker patches less. Tomorrow again he'll be the favorite (as often), but watch out...

He faces Mochizuki again, who is once more surprising everyone at Wimbledon like last year; the Japanese player plays with his heart and has just beaten Quinn, who was in good form. The match‑up was not supposed to be good for him against a player who attacks him hard and stops him from coming to the net, but in the end not at all: Mochizuki was active in the rallies and it was almost Quinn who was in a "defensive" phase most of the time. Is Jodar going to suffer that much? I don't think that's in the Spaniard's nature, and he knows better how to play on the return or at least to re‑accelerate, whereas Quinn spent his time slowing things down with his slice without managing to take back the initiative. On the other hand, in terms of pure level and grass‑court savvy, Mochizuki is a serious customer, and on top of that he has absolutely nothing to lose. I see two scenarios: either Jodar becomes unplayable again and then we’re going to see a monumental beatdown, or he’s still average and then there’s a huge shot to take with Mochizuki.