Analysis for Del Potro-Kohlschreiber (ATP Vienna)

Head-to-head record 2:0

Argentine prodigy Juan Martin Del Potro will play Phillip Kohlschreiber of Germany in the first round. German is an offensive baseliner but plays well on all surfaces. His best results come from hard courts and even if his latest results weren´t impressive, he played well in the first round here (smashing indoor specialist Gicquel 6-2,6-2) and should be full of confidence against Del Potro. After losing in the second round of Wimbledon, an outstanding summer followed for the Argentine. Del Potro won his first career ATP tour title at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, defeating Richard Gasquet in straight sets in the final. A week later, Del Potro reached his second career ATP Tour final at the Austrian Open in Kitzbühel, where he beat local hope and sixth seed Jurgen Melzer in less than an hour, to claim his second title in two weeks. He won his third consecutive title at the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles, beating Andy Roddick in the final. A fourth consecutive title followed a week later in the Legg Mason Tennis Classic at Washington where he recorded a victory over the Serb, Viktor Troicki, becoming the first player in ATP history to win his first four career titles in as many tournaments. In the 2008 US Open, Del Potro progressed to the third round, where he won his first match to five sets in the circuit against Gilles Simon to reach the last 16. He then qualified for the quarter-finals by beating Kei Nishikori in straight sets. In the quarterfinals, he was stopped by Andy Murray from winning his 24th match in a row, losing in four tight sets after almost four hours. After the US Open, he was excellent in Davis Cup as well. But he may be getting tired as his latest results were poor though. He was demolished by Tomas Berdych in Tokyo final, after which both Berdych and Del Potro commented that Del Potro wasn't at the top of his game. He wasn’t fully fit and continued to struggle in the first round here against unknown Fischer. He won 7-6, 7-6 which was not the way Del Potro was expected to dominate in. We think that it could end up by retirement today so we chose the bookie with first set played rule for this match.