[SirFozzie]

Substack 2-A

Robin Soderling (3-B, FOREHAND, backhand, footwork (hard court, endurance, savvy, Hard Court) vs Jo Wilfried Tsonga (3-A, FOREHAND, volley, footwork, endurance, savvy, hard court)

Prediction: Very even. This one could go either way, and it will be determined on the margins as they both have very similar abilities

set 1: (Volley-endurance) (Advantage: Tsonga (small), Tsonga led 5-3, Result: Tsonga won 7-5

Set 2: (Forehand-Volley) (Advantage: Tsonga (small), Tsonga led 5-4, Result:Tsonga 7-5

Set 3: (Forehand-Endurance) (EVEN) Tsonga (higher seed) leads 5-3, Result: Tsonga 7-5

RESULT: Jo Wilifried Tsonga defeats Robin Soderling 7-5, 7-5, 7-5

Comment: Tsonga's volley game was key to him winning the first two sets (it gave him the advantage on the For the Set rolls). Kinda interesting that he had a chance to close out all three sets, but needed that 7th game win in all three (twice where Tsonga had to have his serve broken while serving for the set!)

Match 2:

David Ferrer (3-A, forehand, FOOTWORK, ENDURANCE, -BACKHAND (CLAY), clay court vs Grigor Dimitriov (4-A, forehand, VOLLEY, footwork, savvy)

Prediction: Ferrer is a small favorite (he would be much more favored if this took place on Clay), but Dimitriov's volley game will be key, if he gets a bunch of volley chances, he could steal this one.

Set 1: (Endurance-Savvy) (Advantage: Ferrer (Small), ferrer led set 5-4, result: Ferrer 7-5

Set 2: (footwork-Endurance): Advantage: Ferrer (LARGE), Ferrer led 5-3, result: Ferrer 6-4

Set 3: (backhand-Endurance), Advantage: Ferrer-Moderate, Ferrer led 5-3, result: Ferrer 7-5

RESULT: David Ferrer defeated Grigor Dimitrov 7-5, 6-4, 7-5

Note: This match probably took about 3-4 hours despite being a straight set win, as endurance (meaning long rallies) was a key in all three sets. Ferrer has the double ability, while Dimitrov doesn't have it. So, in this case, Ferrer made Dimitrov chase his shots all over the course, and Dimitrov made enough errors to lose him the match.