Gilles Simon is undefeated in this season, 5 matches played and all 5 have been wins for him with only one match going to three sets and that one was against the top-seeded Cilic. He really looks good on the court, is quite sharp from baseline and has brought a bit more variety in his game this season with going to the net, occasional drop shot and more variety on serve as well.
He plays against Jared Donaldson, an American player who has quite promising future but I don't see him getting into top 10 players of the world.He is pretty much all about power as all American players are, he can produce brutal winners of both wings on the floor and has pretty strong serve but nothing about his game that makes him go off the charts.
This is kind of a perfect matchup for Gilles, Donaldson can be an unforced errors machine at times and there is no one better in the world in drawing those errors than Gilles.Plus at this moment he is really full of confidence in his game and has shown no hiccups.Odds are rising on Simon at this point but don't think that he will lose the role of a favorite, he is a better player even though he is lower ranked at the moment.
The only thing that might make this one lose is his fatigue, but despite 5 matches, he wasn't in for too many sets, only one match going to distance and he should be good to go here.
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