Denis Shapovalov - Jan Satral

Game preview : Us Open qualification is coming to end and all players want to reach main draw, to get first round prize and some points, especially those young players. There is posibility that player will play versus Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer in Artur Ashe court, so it's prestigiuos.

Denis Shapalov (69) – Nine years younger player from Canada, he isn’t real Canadian, he was born in Israel. 183cm tall, can shoot really good serve, he is very young so very fresh and athletic. Only 35/18 career record on hard, but still it is very promising, this year 20/7 hard surface record, most wins was reached in canadian hard court season in late summer, he won one challenger here and reached final on next one. Now he is near first round of US Open championship. Denis is very talented, he defeated players like Juan Martin Del Potro, Rafael Nadal, even Roger Federer said he enjoys watching him play.

Jan Satral (196) -27 years old player Czech Republic can't brag about something special, he never was in top100 and now he is in very uncomfortable situation, he must reach at least second round if not, he will loose his ranking and go down a lot. 5/7 record on hard courts this year, nothing impressive yet. Jan mostly plays on clay surface and in challenger events. We don't have a lot info about him, but we know from last year he can be very motivated and no one can win easily against him.

What to expect today : Both players want to reach first round, but who wants more ? Denis played really well in Canada and that is understandable, he is canadian. Jan isn't such great player like others from top100, but he will to his best, he have more experience, he played here last year and he knows how to do it. Denis can strugle today, because he isn't playing at home courts, not many people will cheer for him and all that fire can go away from him.

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