Feliciano Lopez is in Switzerland

Lopez, having beaten Dustin Brown from Germany, has set himself up for another ATP vicotry. The current ranked 21 from Spain will play Robin Hasse from the Netherlands in the Gstaad final, with the hope of taking the trophy home and some ATP ranking points (250 if he wins, 150 if he loses and by defualt is crowned the runner-up). Lopez, has been pushed against it, in every match in Gstaad and by no means has won all matches without having to play at his full gear. His first round pair-up with qualifier Jan Mertyl from Czech Republic, featured a tie break and his most recent match against the hard-hitting serve from German Dustin Brown, saw him drop the first set. Even so, Lopez with his experience and current ranking should be able to see off a challenge from Hasse, in the same way he did with Brown in the semi final. Hasse, has had a fairly easy run in comparisson to Lopez. The highest ranked player he had to play in the draw was 66 (Paul-Henri Mathieu - the 8th and lowest ranked seed). Hasse, ranked at 95 will find it difficult to win but at least he will have far less expectation from viewers to win. Lopez has won twice as many career titles than Hasse (Lopez = 4 career titles), has a top 21 ranked postiion in the ATP rankings (74 positions higher than his opponent) and has qualified for the Olympics. Expectation may prove Lopez's downfall. Hunger for a better ranking might prove Hasse's enermy. My money is still on Lopez.