Analysis for Seppi-Devilder (ATP Kitzbuhel)

Head-to-head record 0:0

Andreas Seppi of Italia will face French Nicolas Devilder in the first round. The 2008 season Seppi won his first Challenger title at Bergamo where he defeated Julien Benneteau in the final for the loss of 1 set in the tournament. He made the quarter finals of the indoor event in Rotterdam where he defeated Lleyton Hewitt in the process saving a match point. Then he scored his biggest win over current world number 2 Rafael Nadal, before losing to Robin Söderling. Seppi qualified for the semi finals of the Hamburg Masters, this was the first time he reached that stage of the Masters Series events, he defeated Richard Gasquet, Juan Monaco and Nicolas Kiefer in a match where he lead 6-3 5-3, before winning 6-3 5-7 7-5, which included Seppi winning the last 4 games and went for 3 hours and 13 minutes in duration, before losing to Roger Federer in the semi finals. Generally, his 2008 season was pretty impressive so far, however, he has been struggling within the last few weeks. He fell to Meffert last week and we think the similar scenario can repeat today. Devilder is a solid claycourter and his record since French Open is 17 wins-2 losses. He is playing in a great shape and should be full of confidence for today´s match. Well, Seppi is a favourite for this match but Devilder´s odds above 2.5 can be tried here.