Game: Gilles Simon vs Michael Berrer
Pick: Gilles Simon -1,5 sets, 1,74 on 188bet
Frenchman Gilles Simon and German Michael Berrer will be facing for the second time in their careers, the first and only time he faced the German came out on top by beating a young Simon by partial 63 36 67. But has now gone five years since then and today are two very different players since then.
Gilles Simon is known for having a fairly powerful right, but his left is his forte as a player. It is a very technically advanced and player who likes to put too much angle of his balls. It is a somewhat defensive player, preferring to wait for the opponent's mistake than to have to take the initiative of the point. Belongs also to the new generation of French along with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gael Monfils, yet it has gone from a lot of promise, is the feeling that had potential for much more than what they achieved.
The deal currently 43 th position in the ATP ranking, and with a record of 15 wins and 12 losses this season, this seems to finally be back to return to his old form that made him famous and enabled him to be a long-running Top Ten World. It's been a slow recovery but something that has come to fruition. Signs of that recovery is achieved at the title in Metz two weeks ago against Zverev. He returned here in Beijing and continued its excellent performance, eliminated the always difficult for Sam Querrey 6-3 3-6 6-2, was a very balanced game, but left Simon's comparison to Querrey was very better (10 versus 1 Winners), which came to be a key factor in the victory of the French.
I confess that this is not the German players who know best, is a veteran of almost 30 years and 11 years as a professional. It currently occupies the No. 51 ranking ATP. Not one player so well in the last four tournaments, lost 4 games in May here in Beijing has done to eliminate the Czech Tomas Berdych. Now I wonder is this a victory made so extraordinary? And I tell you, if this victory was in the month of May / June, but it gave him much value, but now for me is just a normal life victory, Berdych is in deplorable shape, do not get to anyone and was not the recent past to Berdych extraordinary would most certainly say "This man must be a top player of 100-200, no?".
Conclusion: Gilles Simon is a player who adapts well to indoor courts, and being in really good shape is always a very dangerous player, for me is the clear favorite in this game. Michael Berrer Berdych won but this certainly will not win that will tear up the trust to Simon, the Frenchman knows it is superior in almost everything, if not all in the German so I think that Simon will popularize Michael Berrer. A win in three sets is my bet.