Vienna favourite and surprise Jurgen Melzer will play now the final of this tournament, but let me say that he was lucky of his opponents he had met till now, as even yesterday against Potito Starace who hasn't played at his level without any doubts, in the second set of the game when Melzer was serving for match, the italian had played some good tennis certain in those moments and has been keeping that play till the end of tiebreak and he had won it, but after that he again has returned at his poor play and obviously Melzer had won the match. What I'm trying to say is that Melzer in those moments was under class Starace and not because just of some short good periods by the italian's side, but because Melzer's low quality, as he is playing like on grass, with an aggressive style and with a lot of attempts on net, almost every time when Starace had served Melzer was responding immediately with a direct and risky shot. He is playing in this way because he can't play better another style on clay as he can't keep the ball with confidence, can't cover the court well, so obviously he everytime is trying to interrupt the game. Jurgen Melzer is here becasue of his opponents who couldn't breathe because of his style, but against Del Potro won't work such style as the Argentenian player will find the right solution if Melzer will try to play at the net, Del Potro has the enough quality and technique to find that empty place which the Austrian will let free. The only thing that I'm afraid is Del Potro's leg injury and the probable tiredness from his game against Victor Hanescu, even if he had played only two sets and Melzer three sets, there were a huge difference in play as against Hanescu was a match where points were decided with sweat while against Potito Starace was a match which was broken the great majority time. This factor is just a prevention, but I really don't think it will have a essential influence on the game as the difference in class is huge in this case.
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