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Tokyo (Japan Open), quarterfinal, hard. Tournament is in late phase, so all players are in the good rhythm. Prizes are quite good too, but for these players its all about titles and ranking now. Both players this year are playing best tennis in career and finally wining many titles.
Adrian Mannarino (31) : Frenchman is older player, maybe not so talented like everybody else, but he plays very nice tennis at this momment. What matters now? Well, they both played few matches before this match. Adrian is good player on hard surface or grass. 21/10 score on hard, so he will improve a little for sure, few good hard surface events is in the future. Adrian can serve a good serve, he like to hit fast shots and play fast tennis. In many ways he is similar to his opponent in this match.
Sugita Yuichi (40) - Player from Japan, who is playing very solid tennis this year, he managed to win ATP title and few Challenger titles in this season. We see he improved his game in all ways. Yuichi isn't very tall, but he have good qualities for hard surface without his height. He can hit good serve, good forehand and backhand, he like to play agressive, but he can play good defense on baseline. Most important his quality is his speed, he is very fast and that helps him a lot, he can catch any shot everywhere. Also his brain works really fast, he works fast on hitting balls, finding right position.
In the end - Both players are in good shape, maybe Mannarino played more game's in matches and he is worth to get in next round, but Yuichi is playing at home and he won't give up easy. I think we will see a 3 set's match.
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