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🇨🇿 Jakub Mensik (#19, right-handed)
🇨🇭 Henry Bernet (#479, right-handed)
Physical quotient first. Mensik’s top gear—serve-first patterns, explosive first strikes, and the calm to navigate breakers—usually carries him through early rounds under a roof. Recent retirements and long matches are the lone wrinkle if this becomes a legs-heavy grind.
Tempo for Bernet. The teenager’s best path: keep points on his terms early in each set, protect serve with first-ball aggression, and lean on the crowd. If he turns this into a rally-length test, any lingering Mensik durability questions could resurface.
Experience vs spark. Mensik has already banked a Masters 1000 title and deep runs; Bernet is debuting at tour level. On big points that gap typically shows—unless Bernet can keep sets on serve long enough to flip one breaker.
Patterns to watch. Mensik will hunt serve + forehand into the ad corner and finish forward when leading; Bernet must hit through to the backhand hip, maintain depth, and avoid offering short balls.
Provided he’s near full fitness, Mensik’s proven indoor ceiling and tour seasoning should tell. Bernet brings the home crowd and enough pace to make it feisty, but over two sets the Czech’s weight of shot and serve patterns are likelier to decide it.
Pick: Mensik in 2 sets — one tight set (7–6 or 7–5) very live. Upset door opens only if this turns into a multi-tiebreak, physically extended scrap.
| Attribute | Jakub Mensik | Henry Bernet |
|---|---|---|
| Form & Results (’25) | 34–22; Miami champion; solid hard-court volume | 17–7 mostly at Futures/Juniors; first ATP MD |
| Indoor Fit | Serve + forehand patterns translate; Vienna QF memory | Limited pro indoor reps; quick court can help first strike |
| Serve & First Ball | Reliable first-serve plus assertive +1 forehand | Developing pop; needs high first-serve % to hold pace |
| Rally Tolerance | Comfortable extending to squeeze errors | Best when keeping points shorter and on the front foot |
| Big-Point Experience | Masters title, multiple pressure reps | Junior pedigree; tour-level unknowns |
| X-Factors | Fitness watch after recent retirement | Home crowd & debut buzz |
| Overall Edge | Mensik | Live early if serving lights-out |
🇨🇭 Remy Bertola (#259, right-handed)
🇪🇸 Jaume Munar (#42, right-handed; 183 cm, 76 kg)
Form vs. class: Bertola arrives razor-sharp and fearless after a statement qualifying run; Munar brings the sturdier week-to-week standard from deeper runs at bigger events.
Surface notes: Indoors rewards first-strike confidence—Bertola just showed it—but Munar’s improved hard/indoor resume suggests he can absorb a hot start, lengthen rallies, and stabilize the tempo.
Swing factors: Early holds + crowd energy for Bertola; Munar’s composure in deuce games and his ability to manage scoreboard pressure when return looks appear.
Munar in two tight sets. Bertola’s current rhythm makes this a live-dog spot for stretches—especially early—but Munar’s superior tour standard and recent hard/indoor results should carry the key points. A scoreline like 7–5, 6–4 feels live.
🇮🇹 Lorenzo Sonego (#47, right-handed; 191 cm)
🇪🇸 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (#20, right-handed; 183 cm)
Tempo & first strike: Basel’s indoor rhythm amplifies Sonego’s serve + forehand patterns. If he holds a healthy first-serve share, he can keep points short and deny ADF the long, elastic scrambling sequences where he thrives.
ADF’s form question: The season ceiling favors the Spaniard, but the recent fitness hangover has blunted his explosiveness and back-to-back consistency. Indoors he’s been just 2–2 in 2025, and Basel hasn’t offered comfort yet.
Rally shape: In neutral exchanges ADF can flip defense to offense, but Sonego’s flat backhand and early forehand take-aways under a roof can rush him — especially in tiebreak pressure.
Scoreboard pressure: If Sonego protects serve early and drags this toward breakers, ADF’s confidence wobble could surface. If ADF gets early reads on the second serve and stretches rallies, his higher 2025 baseline wins out.
Lean: Davidovich Fokina in 3. Season ceiling and return quality give him a slight edge, but venue fit and current trajectories keep this squarely on upset watch. If sets get serve-dominated and tight, Sonego’s indoor comfort could flip it.
| Metric | Lorenzo Sonego | Alejandro Davidovich Fokina |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 record | 20–26 | 38–24 |
| Hard (’25) | 11–14 | 22–14 |
| Indoors (’25) | 4–3 | 2–2 |
| Recent week | Stockholm QF (d. Fery, Kovacevic; l. Humbert) | Brussels: d. Giron in 3; l. Collignon in straights |
| Venue notes | Historically strong on Euro indoors | 0–1 in Basel (R1, 2022) |
| Stylistic keys | First-serve hold + forehand take-away; shorten points | Return reads + extend rallies; test Sonego’s 2nd serve |
| Upset watch? | ✔️ If sets trend to breakers | Edge if physical base holds up |
Pick: Davidovich Fokina in three competitive sets.
Jenson Brooksby
Alexandre Muller
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🇷🇺 Karen Khachanov (#10, right-handed; 198 cm)
🇳🇱 Tallon Griekspoor (#27, right-handed; 188 cm)
Serve patterns & first ball: Indoors compresses margins. Khachanov’s 1st-serve → forehand should dictate neutral starts; when he gains depth through the middle, Tallon’s on-the-rise backhand gets fewer line looks. Griekspoor’s path is to step inside and change line early, especially from the ad corner, to rush Khachanov’s BH.
Second-serve pressure: If Khachanov lands backhand-return depth, he blunts Tallon’s +1 forehand and forces longer exchanges where his weight of shot stacks. Conversely, Griekspoor must jump on Khachanov’s second serve — body targets and early contact — to avoid getting stretched side to side.
Tiebreak texture: Khachanov’s recent losses featured key breakers going south; Griekspoor is comfortable in coin-flip TBs under a roof. Tallon’s upset route is to protect serve at a high clip, keep rallies short, and live in those 7-point lotteries.
Venue factor: Khachanov’s Vienna history is a steadying force if this gets tight — he knows these visuals and bounce windows.
On paper and by venue fit, Khachanov owns more finishing modes. Griekspoor absolutely has the firepower to nick a breaker and tilt momentum, but over a best-of-three indoors, the Russian’s heavier baseline game should create just enough separation.
Pick: Khachanov in three sets, with at least one tiebreak. (Market snapshot: 1.51 vs 2.51)
Quick, skimmable compare — keep for your notes.
| Category | Karen Khachanov | Tallon Griekspoor |
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 2025 Overall | 32–22 | 31–24 |
| 2025 Hard | 13–11 | 10–11 |
| 2025 Indoors | 0–2 | 3–3 |
| H2H | Trails 0–1 (Rotterdam 2019) | Leads 1–0 (Rotterdam 2019) |
| Serve/First-Strike | 1st-serve + FH finish; weight of shot | Flat BH line-changes; quick +1 patterns |
| Tiebreak Lens | Recent TBs trending against | Comfortable in breakers indoors |
| Vienna History | RU ’24, QF ’23 | Limited main-draw success here |
| Upset Keys | — | Hold high %, attack Kacha 2nd early |
| Our Lean | Khachanov 2–1 (≥1 TB) | Live dog if TB variance hits |
Alex de Minaur
Jurij Rodionov
Patterns & pace: Indoors rewards first-strike efficiency. Rodionov’s lefty serve + forehand combo can take time away from de Minaur’s counterpunching, especially early in sets.
Health variable: If the hip limits de Minaur’s push-off or wide-court defense, rallies shorten and Rodionov’s serve patterns (wide ad-court slider; T on deuce) gain outsized value.
Repeatable edge: Even diminished, de Minaur’s return quality and depth on the first ball usually drag points longer than Rodionov prefers, forcing extra backhands and exposing streakiness.
H2H context: Rodionov beat him in Stuttgart 2021; different surface and moment, but it affirms the “serve-first, hit-through” path if Alex is below 100%.
Market snapshot: ~1.05 vs ~10.26 implies ~95% vs ~9.8% pre-vig — fair for a fully fit de Minaur, but that price bakes in near-optimal health.
If de Minaur is anywhere near his recent indoor level, his return pressure and back-court discipline should outlast Rodionov’s hit-and-hope patches. The only live upset route is an impaired de Minaur (reduced lateral burst) plus a hot Rodionov serve day.
Pick: Alex de Minaur in straight sets, with tiebreak risk if he eases into the match or manages the hip conservatively early.