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Well, not the best start for Jarkko Nieminen here at Gstaad as he didn't looked too well in his first game against Thiago Alves, but this was just one game and in one game everything is possible, more than that it was just the first game of a new tournament. Nieminen will playa gainst Jeremy Chardy now and the bookies have rated the frenchman as the favourite and here I will say that I'm just surprised by this decision. There are no doubts that Chardy did made his start clear much better against Mathieu than Nieminen against Thiago Alves, but that can't change some essential things which are based on class and quality.

Chardy is not a better player on clay than Nieminen thats for sure, he depend a lot of his serve and forehand, the accuracy is a so important factor for him as he is playing a very riscky style. Chardy's backhand is surely a weak point which Nieminen could take very easy advantage of it, Chardy many times try to hit those winers from very difficult posistions, for that you have to play with very few errors, thing which is always difficult to be done.

I rate Nieminen as a better player on clay as he is a complete player if to compare with Chardy who lacks the stability of his backhand, a good movement on the court, these two aspects could be the key. Great value, Good Luck!

29/07/2010 11:58, read 80 times