simon fognini

very low odds on Simon.

No doubt he should be the favorite but not by such a large margin.

Fognini was his second round b1tch for 3 back-to-back weeks in 2009 during the clay swing here, but Gillou was a better player back then while Fabio is a more complete player now then he was back then.

And even if Simon was playing Atilla Balazs you cant just place him as a 1.20 shot in a final ffs obviously both players are in good shape since they made it this far. Unless its Nadal playing of course.

even back then simon was 1.3something  if he wont break early this price should rise i think

nevertheless simon is in good shape and should be big fav here but foggini cant be underestimated he is solid player with touch of occasional briliance,and on the surface he had some semi decent results(memorable win on one broken leg against montanes to get to the quaters of RG last yr)
he never been in the major final but had handful of semis  during clay seasons

simon won in romania twice before

bottom line is that an upset is not out of the question here, not nearly. Simon is beatable.

Fognini did not have a broken leg.
Stupid comment.
Get your act straight.

Think he was taking the pi$$ kiwi........

i belive he had compound fracture in seven places with bone dislocation but bravely decided to carry on and won

btw most importantly he reached the quaterfinal of RG last year
and that what matters

Simon is here to take the Tiriac trophy home for good (as any Bucharest 3 times champion is entitled)

Odds look OK to me.
Simon is not only the (much) better player, but has the greater expirience in playing finals.

yeah, he's very good in finals. i expect 2-1 Simon here

Fognini's been decent this week and got a good win over Seppi who he was 0-4 against in his career H2H. I'm starting off with a lay of Simon.

gilles broken leg not healed properly imo

crowd loves foggy, why?

he lost to them probably doing his little italian job. time to switch simon

i hate foggy

well done giles

foggy going for the lines now

Hopefully that break will sort the set out

simon just has to play his usual patient game and he will win

andy mugrray should have played this tournament

big game this one

fog must hold

I know it's early, but that should be the match with that break

really? don't know much about fog. is he so spineless? it is a final ffs

fogini is a loser

even andy mugrray could beat him

I havent followed tennis for a year and just started again last couple of weeks, although not with the same intensity. I see foggy not changed one bit.

He should have realised the parts of his game he needs to improve and stop being an idiot on court and he may make decent progress, just with his brain he got no chance of that.

simon ffs

Fognini a clown, doesnt seem focused, lazy shots

typical simon

0-40

surprised he didnt try one more dropshot there

because it is clay and he is the new almagro!!!!!!!!!!!

what's this? a WTA?

only istomug is a bigger mug than fogini

Djokovic was lucky last FO that Fabio retired. Otherwise he would've been toast!

this match is so poor

good play by Fognini there, even if he lost the ball.

simon can ralyy whole day .he loves it

simon was two breakds down or..?????? (@1.75)

who is italys number 1 tennis player

is it foggy

stupid shot there, very lucky

let's geta bit of needle going

seppi.

patato strace  , pippo dirty fixer volandri, foggini

sorry italy but its bunch of clowns tbh, bare seppi

dropshot moron

easier to hit a straight winner from there

fognigi goes to Touluse.

ffs forget the ds gilles

fognini has promised set in this red final or bought whole match (it looks like that)

Simon complaining about his eye-sight??

or vision ...

Fognini movement is ****

he had a brief mto during the 1st set about it i think. must be dust?

he has touched/scratched his eyes a few times

simon wants it now, doesn't want to extend this

havent seen a ds from fogini for a while now, whats going on?

nice lob

nice to see some emotions, not like a top 10 robot.

three very easy points for simon to get the break

never really in doubt, was it?

anyone have UE count?

7 points straight, and not very difficult ones.

hahaha

its his first ATP final... not making an effort, lol

how does Simon close the matches?

awful effort by fognini

Gilles Simon - King of Bucharest

finished exactly same time as the doubles in stuttgart what are the chances of that?

Suspicious timing btw- finished just before Barcelona final. Clearly organized fix by ATP.

WTA in on the fix too then.

that as well! very suss imo

we will know for sure if rafa vs david finishes just in time for the pova match