Bedene Aljaz - Simon Gilles

Lyon, 1. round, clay

Oldest generation and old generation players in this match, but i like both of them, because they style and long experience which helps to understand what to expect. We saw them play 4 times already h2h and most of matches had pattern of over and tie-breaks which could be on clay also, as they never played on this surface.

Both players have good serve, but Bedene is superior a little on this one, still they can serve decent both which will help to win points. As they love fast courts also, to win easy points with good serves and quick play, but today they will need to play longer rallies, which is better for Bedene as he have a lot of experience and can do that, still Simon play at home and as french he knows how to play on clay.

Both physical shape at the moment is not the best so we can expect none of them will win easily and we will see TB or 3 set's at least as they will play faster tennis here.

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