Analysis for T.Johansson-Fish (Dusseldorf)

Head-to-head record 0:1

This should be a typical 50:50 match. Both Johansson and Fish hates clay and their current form is not impressive. Johansson defeated only H-T.Lee (6:3,6:3) and Soderling (7:6,7:6) on clay this year but these players aren´t clay specialist as well. Mardy Fish lost both of his matches on European clay this year but it should be mentioned that his opponents were excellent claycourters Moya and Gaudio. Moreover, Swedes are already out of play here in Dusseldorf while American hope for advancing to the finals is still alive. Johansson hasn´t played a single match in Dusseldorf sofar while Fish played 2 matches here and we believe that Johansson´s lack of match practice plays into Mardy´s hand as well. These players are playing similar tennis and their styles of play are based mainly on killing serve while movement can be considered as their biggest weakness. We think that their chances are almost equal and the odds above 2.5 should be worth taking.