Atp 1000 Madrid - Day 6

Monteiro T. vs. Tsitsipas S.
Monteiro is a powerful left-handed player with an excellent serve and a very strong forehand that could trouble Tsitsipas on his backhand, which might struggle on these faster courts. Additionally, consider that Tsitsipas has played a lot between Monte Carlo and Barcelona and might decide to take a breather to prepare better for Rome, a surface more favorable to his game. It could be an enjoyable match that might ultimately see the Brazilian come out on top.

Hurkacz H. vs. Altmaier D.
Hurkacz has shown to be comfortable on these courts despite preferring faster ones, and surely his heavy and incisive shots could trouble his opponent, who is not at his level and particularly struggles with his forehand. Altmaier will surely try to vary as much as possible to disrupt Hurkacz's rhythm and not suffer too much.

Paul T. vs. Cerundolo F.
Paul has shown to have recovered well from his injury, but his limitations on these courts, which are not quite suitable for his game, have been noticeable. Despite this, he has managed to vary his game enough and adapt it to the surface, but he has found himself in difficulty more than once against an opponent much inferior to him. Cerundolo, on the other hand, has secured a good victory against a strong opponent, managing to make the most of his powerful forehand and alternating with winning drop shots, but when it came time to close, his security issues emerged again, getting broken twice and winning only in the tie-break. It could be an enjoyable match that might end in the favor of the Argentine, perhaps in the third set.

Rublev A. vs. Davidovich Fokina A.
Rublev has managed to unlock himself after a dark period for his tennis. The surface certainly helps his game, which consists of continuous and constant accelerations between serve and forehand. On the other hand, he finds an always tricky opponent who tends to force the opponent's errors by making them play one more shot, and for this reason, we could see a fought match, especially at the beginning.

Baez S. vs. Fritz T.
Baez is a classic clay-court player but seems to struggle a lot on European clay, especially that of Madrid, which is faster and pushes him far back from the baseline with little chance of being incisive. Fritz, on the other hand, is playing great tennis on clay despite preferring other surfaces, managing to hurt and above all, having a considerable continuity and weight of shots. I predict a match under Fritz's sign, who will surely try to close it in 2 sets thanks to his serve and forehand.

Griekspoor T. vs Rune
Griekspoor has won two Over 20.5 sets in a comeback against Daniel today, but not without problems, despite the many opportunities he had, he had a lot of difficulty in taking advantage of them, but in the end, he managed to win the match. He is a player with an excellent serve and forehand, but it can be seen that he does not feel comfortable on these courts. On the other hand, Rune has beaten a great opponent, risking to be eliminated, and these victories, you know, help a lot. When he played his tennis, the difference in power and variety of shots was evident, but for the Danish player, often the limit of his tennis lies in his own mind.

Humbert H. vs. Struff J.L.
Both players are very powerful and have their strengths in serve and forehand. Unlike Humbert, Struff is very comfortable on clay, especially the faster one like Madrid, and despite the rankings, for me, he starts as the favorite. Humbert will surely try to move his opponent forward many times, who is not very agile in movement. For Humbert, the service percentage will be fundamental, being Struff a very aggressive player who will surely try to enter aggressively and command the rally from the beginning. That said, I believe it could be a fought match with perhaps the German coming out on top in the third set.