ATP S-Hertogenbosch Final – Men’s Saturday Preview

Dimitry Tursunov vs. Ivan Dodig

In a busy day at Unicef Open were the quarter-finals and semi-finals matches were played, the Russian Dmitry Tursunov and Croatian Ivan Dodig emerged victorious to battle for 2011 title in s-Hertogenbosch.

Tursunov ended the match with Giraldo and then won against Malisse showing a demanding form against the Belgian and is a deserved finalist.

Dodig was rested and surprised Baghdatis, after the Cypriot let only one game against Gremelmayr earlier, but overall the Croatian capitalized on Cypriot’s errors. "I don’t know Dodig very well. I know that he’s been doing really well this year; he won Zagreb. He’s been doing well on all sorts of surfaces. He’s beaten good players this week, so I’m going to have to come out and play until the last point, and take the initiative when I have the chance", said Tursunov about the final match.

The Russian has the better serve, he serves consistent during the match and also from the back of the court looks the better composure player, he plays with long and deep balls pushing the Croatian way behind the baseline. Dodig needs to be decisive on serve and finish the points quickly as if the points will last longer Tursunov will have the upper hand.

Tursunov has wins over other net rushers like Mahut, Kendrick, Muller, Dancevic over the years and he has the motivation to win his first title after he suffered ankle surgeries.