Originally <a href='/showthread.php?p=21484340'>posted</a> on 03/25/2014:

Nishikoris game style will cause a lot of problems to Bulgarian. I believe that Nishikori will be more reliable in rallies today and with his fighting spirit he could cause a "mental collapse" of Grigor. Grigor is solid but Kei is better currently and also H2H is in his favour(4-0 ; 8-1 in sets).

This is what i wrote in thread before the match between Kei and Grigor.

About todays match: 2 players with very similar style of play , both patient and reliable in rallies. But.. David is more reliable, he is more patient, he is just better.. Ferrer very rarely loses to players ranked lower than he is and i just can"t see how could Nishikori beat him today.. It often happens that Kei lose his focus in match against players who make him work hard for every point..

Imo Nishikori just do not have a weapon with which he could defeat David today. Btw David is defending a lot of points there(he played in FINAL 2013) and surface is just "made for him" . The slowest possible hard courts are surely an advantage for Ferrer!

​Oh yeah and David beat Kei in Miami 2013 2:0 !