Analysis for Robredo-Gulbis (US Open)

Head-to-head record 0:0

The last pick against Robredo ended up unluckily but Spaniard didn’t surprise us. He wasn´t impressive and won mainly thanks to Mardy´s blow up. Fish made many unforced errors during the match and played needlessly attacking tennis. He overplayed his hand in the most important moments of that match. Robredo looks like he has nothing more to show and his latest matches on fast surfaces are all about defensive baseline play and brutal movement. He doesn´t like to play against aggressive hitters and his YTD results on hard and grass courts aren’t world class – let´s recall the players who defeated Tommy Robredo on fast surfaces this year – Wawrinka, Nieminen, Hrbatý, Arthurs, Wessels, Canas, Simon, Santoro, Djokovic, Federer, Ferrer – you can see numerous losses to hardly mediocre players so Gulbis´ odds are too high in the light of these facts. Young Latvian plays very similar tennis to Mardy Fish. Well, his YTD record is really poor but he played well in the first two US Open rounds and we hope he will be luckier than Mardy Fish. Odds above 3.5 are worth trying a small stake.