Tom Gentzsch and Zsombor Piros meet in the semifinal at Hagen on Saturday. Zsombor Piros has won 3 in a row and 9 of the last 10 overall. Tom Gentzsch has won 3 in a row and 7 of the last 10 overall.
There's a wide gap in our ratings on clay, and our number follows from it. Gentzsch comes in off a compressed schedule; Piros comes in off a compressed schedule. The edge belongs to Piros — real, but not the kind you take for granted at this level.