Analysis for Nieminen-Spadea (Cincinnati)

Head-to-head record 0:1

American veteran Vince Spadea and Jarko Nieminen of Finnland will fight one another for a second round spot in Cincy. We don´t see a big favourite in this match and chose it just because of strange odds. We can expect a tight clash which both players have similar chances for succeeding in. Both of them have similar YTD record (Spadea 21-20, Nieminen 21-18), none has a dazzling form currently and both guys have similar abilities for playing on hard courts. Spadea is more experienced player and home crowd should make him show his best. Futhermore, he advanced through the qualifiers defeating R.Ram (6:4,6:3) and A.Pavel (7:6,7:6) without losing a single serving game in both matches. So he should be in a good shape at present and we believe his chances are much bigger than odds say. Odds above 2.5 represent value for us in this match.