Analysis for Baghdatis-Pavel (Madrid)

Head-to-head 1:1

Marcos Baghdatis will try to break his bad results streak in Madrid against Andrei Pavel od Romania. Baghdatis's playing style is relaxed and smooth. His main strength is a powerful forehand and a natural talent for placement. He can make accurate and powerful down-the-line forehands and cross-court forehands on the run and often patiently constructs points to get in a position from where he can make outright winners with those shots. He also has one of the best backhands in the game, especially his two-handed backhand down the line. Baghdatis is noted for often playing high-risk tennis, attempting difficult shots which, depending on their execution, can pay off big or backfire. Unfortunately, these difficult shots have sometimes resulted in self-destructive losses. He has showed that several times lately and his current form is far from being good. His results since US Open are disappointing and probably the worst match came last week in Vienna where he lost to Italian Andreas Seppi. He lacks confidence and it will be hard for him ho change it against unyielding Romanian qualifier. Pavel is a veteran of pro-tour but he is still ale to play at the highest level and we believe that he is able to play a tight match against scattered Cypriot. Odds around 3 could be taken here.