Belluci started the hard season very well but we shouldn`t forget that his best surface is the dirty slow clay.He is Brazilian left handed player with superb technical serve and flat powerful forehand.He likes to play long rallies and his advantage in that situation are his spin shots which are tough to catch and hit.In 1st and 2nd round he has little problems from the beggining but now he could use Schwank fatigue.Schwank is in superb form,winning seven matches on clay.He will fell the fatigue today sure as he doesn`t have big stamina and that little injury that he has from the last year should be advantage for Brazilian.He spend a lot of time in 1st and 2nd round and that means that he lacks consistency so all that indicates that he will lost today.Bravery and bigger stamina should prevail in today`s match and that advantages posses Belluci..Belluci shouldn`t have big problems though.

Ball is seeded 2nd in this tournament right after Levine who was defeated yesterday.Ball is mainly servey-volley player who loves to play attacking and hits aces.He is sick server and he showed that a lot of times..This season is 1/3 but if we see his performances the result is not important,he showed some class in Australian Open and makes the match with Verdasco much tougher then he thought..On the other side his opponent is not a big server and his result are not good as Ball results.Lapennti is going to play his 1st match this season after getting some hand injury and I`m not sure is he fit like need to be..There are some advantages on Ball side as he is big server and his flat shots are superbly and if he is motivated for this match that will be in straight sets no doubt.As I said Lapennti`s first match and that injury mind that he is not fit yet and also Ball is host on this tournament so everything says that he will be the winner here..