Clemant - Malisee

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Except the fact that Clement lost in first round last week and Malisse played a final, there are hardly many arguments in favore of the Belgian.
The H2H is 3-2 in his advantage, but 2-0 for Clement in their last matches. Not that it has much relevance, as Malisse won his 3 games in 2001, while Clement won his couple of games in 2006 and 2007.
Still, it's somehow relevant to say that none of these two has any serious advantage overall style wise, i would even go further and say that Clement's style of a fighter, not rushing with his play, comfortable in long rallies and being a good volleyer, makes him a rather uncomfortable match up for Malisse's game i believe.

Another important aspect of the situation is the fact that Clement losing in first round last week failed to gather any rythm for the Slam and these tournaments are exactly for this.
He will be now desperate to do so and win some matches, so his motivation should be sky high, like in a final.
His oponent did more than he even expected, playing the final of Chennai, losing in 3 sets to Wawrinka.
So his motivation can be doubtful, not in a way to drop the match, but in a way not to care if things go wrong at some point and with a passionate, motivated and tricky oponent on the other side, there are serious chances exactly this to happen.

And last but not least - Malisse finished his final in Chennai on Sunday afternoon time (European afternoon time) and will have to play Tuesday evening in Auckland, New Zealand.
For the record, the distance between Chennai, India and Auckland, New Zealand is over 10.819km. That's a 10 hours flight, with 7 hours, 30 minutes time difference.
Who is making the lad's program must be a serious oportunist, especially that Xavier is not in his teen age, already 30 years of age.
To be honest i would skip this tournament if i am the Belgian and maybe that's what he'll do as well, but if he's optimist enough to go and play, he will be far from his optimal form, tired, jetlag, etc., a questionmark on the motivation, etc., etc., many pros toward this bet.


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