Dominic Thiem - David Ferrer

Game preview : Welcome to QF of the Cincinnati Masters ATP. Today we have a clash between young generation and old generation, why this match is interesting ? Well, both players are clay kings( Maybe Prince and Young prince) All best results they are showing on this particular surface - clay. But today they will play on hard surface and it really hard to say what will happen. 119,740 $ and 180 point's, this is what both players will get. Of course we are talking about Dominic Thiem and David Ferrer.

Let's talk about players :

David Ferrer (31) - Older Spain player, who played many matches in his life, had many titles and he is one of the best players on clay court, still he can play really well on all different surfaces, he is very talented. 175cm player most his life run for all balls and returned a lot of them, now he changed his strategy a little, mixed his play, he is more agressive, uses longer shots. David is glad to be here, after few hard years, he is coming back to TOP Elite players, he will get 180 point's already, so he will go up in rankings for sure, what next ? we will see. Like R. Nadal he is coming back to good tennis.

Dominic Thiem (8) - Austrian player is mostly known for his clay surface skills, he is best there, players like Novak Djokovic or Rafael Nadal often struggles or even lose to him. Well Dominic on hard isn't so great player, 13/8 score versus 22/5 on clay. He is best there no secret, all other surfaces is big challenge for him. Austrian have a really good serve, very nice one handed backhand and great tennis intellegence. Few years ago he went to far on tennis matches, he played so many matches in year and it was his mistake, he couldn't rest after season and got many injuries. He still young so all his experiences is in the future.

Comparing the players : Both players are totally different, they both can be clayers, but they use different tactics. Dominic is taller, he have much better serve, likes to play agressive and strong, fast tennis, while David now is more tactics guy, likes to play long rallies and slower, spins ball around, makes a good movement and hits unexpected. Young player like Austrian likes fast play on slow court and thats a difference betwwen them, David is old folk who is have his style of playing on clay court.

What to expected today : Well, it can go both ways, Dominic doesn't show all his potential on hard court, yes he was here year ago and completly lost himself here. This surface isn't so good for him and again in second phase of season he just can't show his best tennis. While David is getting better and better with every tournament so far, hard court? no problem, he knows how to use it and how to play, his only weakness is weaker shots and physically ability. Today we can expect one or other player to win in two set's.

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