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Many struggle to stay motivated as the season draws closer to its end, but not Dolgopolov. Injury kept him off the court for a long time. He was finding his rhythm in Asia, and squandered a win last week as a result of the break he had, but he is trying hard. Simon won 20 points in the first set here (on paper its enough to win five games), and did not win a game. The Ukrainian allowed him none. Although Chardy also had a decisive victory, I must say Jaziri is not ATP quality. He did take advantage of the draw in Shanghai, but he is still a challenger player, which makes the Frenchman's victory rather irrelevant, regardless of how decisive it was. The poor performances he had the past few months have much more merit, with only a victory vs Anderson worth mention. On the return he could do nothing against Struff, nor against Sock last week, and he did poorly in the USA. Dolgopolov has momentum and indoors suits him, not because he played a finale here, but because of the way he played. I would not be surprised if Chardy's mind were on Paris a bit as well, as all the French are focused on that tournament next week. I believed Dolgopolov would beat Simon, and I have even more faith in him now, as he was only missing some confidence. When he has momentum, Dolgopolov is worthy of the title. Today he should beat another Frenchman, and the handicap can play even at three sets.