Albert
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My Prediction
Nishikori in straight sets.Please allow me to dust off my crystal ball on this captivating face-off between the precision-groundstrokes-extraordinaire Kei Nishikori and the ATP-tour-workhorse, Christopher Eubanks.
My, oh my! Eubanks has been in a bit of a rut recently, suffering more losses than an eight-year-old playing chess against Magnus Carlsen. Strong beverages, anyone? If there's one thing we've learned from his recent results, it's that Eubanks may need to get a lot more comfortable with the idea of gathering Grant Wood's American Gothic as a reference, as he has been getting comfortable with the pitchfork of defeat quite often.
Our octagonal seed, Nishikori, may not be swimming like a dolphin in blue seawaters, of victory, but his strokes are sharp, and his Monaco-purchased, designer sunglasses of fortitude still shine. Despite some recent disappointments, the lad chalked up a smooth win over Krueger and Munar, suggesting that his sledgehammer of tenacity might still have a few good swings left in it.
Eubanks, though unseeded, has been more surprising recently than my Uncle Bert finding his car keys. He pulled off a decent win against Hijikata, but overall, his performance chart looks less appealing than a porcupine in a nudist colony.
If all things go as expected, and barring an alien kidnapping or an unexpected duplication of Eubanks' tennis skills by some mad scientist's experiment, I'd be more shocked than a Victorian lady catching a glimpse of an ankle if Nishikori doesn't pull through.
Albert's Prediction: Nishikori in straight sets.
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