Seppi comes from a hip injury that forced him to skip almost all clay season. Seppi got his first ATP title on grass in Eastbourne and reached the final there the next year, in addition to a Wimbledon r16 appearance. Zverev doesn't have such achievements yet, so I wouldn't really call him "clearly the better player on grass".don't know why Seppi was considered the favourite, Zverev clearly the better player on grass
yeah you're rightSeppi comes from a hip injury that forced him to skip almost all clay season. Seppi got his first ATP title on grass in Eastbourne and reached the final there the next year, in addition to a Wimbledon r16 appearance. Zverev doesn't have such achievements yet, so I wouldn't really call him "clearly the better player on grass".