Very solid pick by the way. I think you are pretty good at taking into account some important details I am not even able to spot here. I did the obvious thing: made my picks for the final and then looked up how Ruud played against Tsitsipas in recent matches and when I saw that Tsitsipas destroyed Ruud in the Monte Carlo final, I could definitely not convince myself to go with Ruud here. Tell me your secret and how in light of the Monte Carlo final you came to the conclusion that this one could easily go Ruud's way? As I said, very good call! I expected Tsitsipas to definitely win a set in that final at least. But it's again him, wins big time one day, loses big time the other day...
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Already told you half of it in a previous post. Ruud won all his matches here in straight sets. What I did not tell you is that Tsitsipas lost sets to some players that shouldn't really give him trouble like Diaz Acosta and Lajovic. Also, he lost his serve many times during this tournament. All signs of a player that has a problem with something. Maybe the conditions are different or he is just tired mentally or physically. Two finals in two consecutive weeks leave their mark on anybody except maybe prime Nadal/Djoković.

That was for today. For our question, it was more of a hunch. Like these two are neck and neck on clay so now it is Ruud time to do better. Even thought Tsitsi was likely to drop out before the final but picked him since I knew everyone else would have him.