Yeah, right. Guccione and not Capdeville. Not the first time I am mixing names, sorry. Guccione is also a lefty so it might be even harder to read his serves but and the biggest difficulties are usually at the start of the match but in Safin Guccione match Safin obviously got his serves well back at the start. I think Safin is partly in bad shape and partly something in his head, like Railbird said, doesnt really care. For example Safin had no problems against Qureshi in Wimbledon who is a big hitter but right now Safin is a total mess who can win almost anybody but to lose for everybody imo, sorry for writing my thoughts to your thread Railbird.
I know Safin has got a bad record at LA. The reasons stopping me from fading him are the lack of weapons from Bastl, as HPark1 said, and also that Safin actually has a great chance to get to the semis or final of this tournament. He's just had the managerial change which should provide, and he's seen a host of big seeds eliminated which should both provide some motivation. The year that he has had, he NEEDS to win a tournament. That's something that has been bugging him alot in the interviews I've read. He's clearly mentally unstable, but this offers a great chance of a tournament win to build on.
