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Marat Safin
Tennis Prediction: French Open. Safin enters the second round with a 16-14 mark for the year.
Starace owns an 11-17 mark for the year. Ranked No. 58 in the world, the 27-year-old Italian warmed up for this tournament playing a challenger event in Lugano Switzerland. He reached the quarterfinal (l. to Luis Horna). Earlier this season, Starace won a clay-court challenger event in Napoli, Italy.
Clearly, Starace enjoys playing on this surface. However, with Safin’s confidence on the uptake, he should seize the victory.
Tennis Free Picks: Safin in three sets
Tomas Berdych
Tennis Prediction: Tomas Berdych should enter this matchup as the steep favourite, he has the talent, skill and calibre to back it up. The only handicap against the talented Czech is a lack of mental strength. He is not known to fight for victories. If down and out early, Berdych has a tendency to speed up the process of playing himself out of the match. No heroics from this player – the likes of which Federer and Nadal are famous. The talented Czech has had a disappointing year. His ranking has fallen beyond the top 20. He holds an 18-13 mark for the year and is level with Johansson 1-1 lifetime. Although Berdych defeated Johansson last month in Halle Germany, you have to like the Swede Johansson’s chances on home turf. I would not rule out an upset here – well an upset so far as the odds go.
Tennis Free Picks: Johansson in three sets
Fernando Verdasco
Tennis Prediction: This is the first time No. 13 Fernando Verdasco meets Ervin Eleskovic of Sweden at an ATP level tournament. Little is known about the Swedish wild card entrant Eleskovic who ranks No. 543 in the world. Verdasco by virtue of his top 20 ranking and a 25-16 mark for the season, which includes one runner-up finish in Nottingham (grass) and several encouraging runs on clay – a R16 appearance at the French Open and a quarterfinal appearance at the ATP Masters Series in Hamburg for example – is the sure play.
Tennis Free Picks: Verdasco in straight sets
The tennis betting matchups being held for this tournament, as well as tennis props betting.Nila Amerova is a freelance sports writer and regular contributor to the BetUS.com Locker Room.





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