Kohlschreiber quite unexpectedly managed to beat Borna Coric, I was surprised that his victory was fairly easy. Apparently, the shape of the German is good. But we can’t say the same about Wawrinka. Last week, he defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky in a crazy match. After such an exhausting match, he immediately lost to Benoit Paire.
Here in Dubai, he’s beaten Franco Skugor, who is not a strong rival, and there was a struggle in the first set. So in this game, I think that Kohlschreiber will be able to take at least one set. Wawrinka doesn’t convince me that he is well prepared.