Fernando Gonzales the 28 years old from Chile, ranked at the 11th place on the atp tour and 9th on hard courts is meeting Ivan Navarro, the 26 years old spaniard ranked at the 75th place on the atp tour and 176th on hard courts. Fernando Gonzales is a player from the top of the tour, he reached the final of the Olympics only a week ago where he lost to Nadal. Gonzales has very strong forehand and great offensive style that can be great for a fast court like in the us open. Navarro's specialization is on clay courts where it suits his play and where he plays better, he is usually playing more challengers where he is getting good results like winning Medjugorje a month ago on clay and getting to the semis of Segovia few weeks ago. Gonzales is a a better player between the both, he is much better on this surface and he should win this match in 3 sets to gain more confidence and to be as much less time as he can on the court at this stage of the tournament.